Windows 7 upgrade: Can install the upgrade on a different HDD than previous licensed verison?

About to upgrade an older pc. The computer has Windows XP 32-bit on its single HDD. My question is when i buy the upgrade for Windows 7, may i save the software onto a different new HDD? The current HDD is beginning to fail and needs to be replaced.|||no you won't be able to upgrade to a different HDD. a way around the 'upgrade license' is to install windows 7 to the new hard drive as a clean install, then upgrade to windows 7 from windows 7 with the same installation disc - this is still classed as an upgrade so you will then be able to activate windows. you will be able to use the same product key for the clean install and the upgrade. you need to make sure you back up all your documents from the failing hard drive as well, and restore the to the new hard drive|||no you do a clean install to the new hard drive with the upgrade disc, then once the installation is complete before you try to activate it run an upgrade with the same disc. once that install is complete you will then be able to activate it

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