Can the two versions of Windows 7 installed once on two disks be used for the hot with the same PC swap

I want to use the same key to install Windows 7 on two different HARD drives and use them one at a time on the same PC.

I have a hot spare disk Bay. I want to be able to exchange the HARD disk for troubleshooting Windows etc. Should I buy another key?

I just realized that some information I have given is incorrect.

I have not installed a new copy of Windows 7 on the second disc. I actually reconfigured it with an image of the first hard drive.

In this case can I leave Windows on the second disk, and exchange them warm without any problem?

I've heard people cloning the C drive and there change places if anything ever goes wrong.

Would not be Windows treats the second disc I've reconfigured as a cloned disk?

Keylonta:

You are right. If you clone a drive with a good installation running, the system knows no difference between readers. It works simply. It is not request a new activation if Exchange you them.

Similarly, if you use something like Acronis to make an image (complete backup of the drive) and then burn that image on a new disk, the system accepts the new drive as the former and, once again, do not request a reactivation.

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