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Here is a special device that fits into a 5.25 hard drive bay.

https://www.startech.com/HDD/Mobile-Racks/hot-swap-hard-drive-bay-usb-enclosure~S251BU31REM#

It enables you to swap SSD's by sliding them into place in a drawer. A Sata iii connection is made when the drawer is pushed all the way home.

The product also offers a USB 3.0 link, but I am interested in the SATA iii connection. In effect, it makes the SSD you slide into place an "internal drive," even though it is easily swapped for another SSD.

The idea is to create two distinct SSD's, one with Win 10 installed, the other with Win 7 installed.

To switch operating systems from Win 7 to Win 10, for example, you would shut down the computer, swap the Win 7 SSD for the Win 10 SSD, and then reboot.

Would this work?

Thank you for your insights, John

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    You can have both installed. The Windows bootloader supports more than one Windows with the same or different versions.
    – user931000
    Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 19:23
  • "Would this work?" - I have done this for years (more than 2 decades) with HDDs. It absolutely will work.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Apr 11, 2019 at 20:29

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