HT3258 Leave 10.6.8 on one HD while installing Lion on another HD?

I have 10.6.8 and two hard drives. I am reluctant to upgrade, even though 10.6.8 seems to give me an annoying "outbreak" of the black veil of death from time to time.
I have an external hard drive, but I can't even copy the OS back to the internal hard drive! I'm wondering if it's not allowed.
I was wondering if it's possible to buy Lion and install it on the internal HD, the one without an OS on it. That way, when/if I want to use the software that's incompatible with Lion, I could boot up with the external HD/10.6.8. Otherwise, including when I want to fire up Windows, I'd boot up using the internal HD/Lion.
Is it possible to install Lion on a HD that doesn't presently have an OS on it?
PS- I have a disc for installing 10.5.6 (I think it is), but the machine hangs up if I try to boot off of this disc. That's why I needed to put this external HD into service.

abcs04 wrote:
I have 10.6.8 and two hard drives. I am reluctant to upgrade, even though 10.6.8 seems to give me an annoying "outbreak" of the black veil of death from time to time.
I have an external hard drive, but I can't even copy the OS back to the internal hard drive! I'm wondering if it's not allowed.
I was wondering if it's possible to buy Lion and install it on the internal HD, the one without an OS on it. That way, when/if I want to use the software that's incompatible with Lion, I could boot up with the external HD/10.6.8. Otherwise, including when I want to fire up Windows, I'd boot up using the internal HD/Lion.
Is it possible to install Lion on a HD that doesn't presently have an OS on it?
PS- I have a disc for installing 10.5.6 (I think it is), but the machine hangs up if I try to boot off of this disc. That's why I needed to put this external HD into service.
Lion is not available on CD but can be purchased from the Apple Store on a USB slick for about $60 - $70. As far as putting Snow Leopard on an external, then you will need to make a bootable clone of the system using a program such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! Using Time Machine, I believe, is not a bootable option.
Good Luck
Pete

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