Installing Windows 7 on 2nd internal hard drive using bootcamp

I'm going to remove my optical drive and replace it with a conventional HDD. What I would like to do is run Windows 7 on the HDD in optical bay and continue to run OS X on my primary SSD. Is this possible to do? I would prefer to use bootcamp but if I must use 3rd party software thats fine too.

BNuggets wrote:
How do I install BC/Windows on the HDD without removing the OD.
Option A (SSD = OSX, HDD = Windows).
Your current configuration is either
A1. OD + HDD
     Install Windows on HDD, using BCA, OD and USB.
     Move HDD to Optibay.
     Install SSD in main SATA bay and re-install/restore OSX (from TM or a cloning process).
or
A2. OD + SSD
     Replace the SSD with HDD so the HDD is the internal disk in the SATA main bay.
     Boot from SSD (in an external enclosure, if necessary).
     Install BC/Windows on HDD.
     Move HDD to Optibay.
     Put SSD back in the main SATA bay.
Option B (SSD = OSX + Windows OSes, HDD = Shared File System between the two OSes).
Your current configuration is either
B1. OD + HDD
     Replace HDD with SSD.
     Split SSD.
     Install OSX.
     Install Windows on the second partition on SSD.
     Replace OD with HDD and format it as FAT/exFAT.
or
B2. OD + SSD
     Split SSD.
     Install/Restore OSX, if necessary.
     Install Windows on the second partition on SSD.
     Replace OD with HDD and format it as FAT/exFAT.
Test Windows and OSX.

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Seems like most of other posts regarding this issues are outdated, so I thought I'd give it another shot.
I have two internal hard drives in my Mac Mini. One SSD, and one HDD. My OS X is installed on SSD, and I'd like to partition the HDD to use half of it for Windows. Before I buy Windows, I wanted to make sure that this is something I can do through bootcamp. If not, are there other ways to accomplish this?
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If your hard drive was originally partitioned using the MBR scheme, then you did not do the drive properly. You must now repartition the entire hard drive:
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
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Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
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Can I install windows 7 on a potable Hard Drive using boot camp? or any other way to do so?? need help for college please

I need to use windows in order to use Visual C++ for college but I don't have enough space in my internal Hard Drive so I want to install windows 7using boot camp or any other method on a portable hard drive and boot from it.
Please help I need it as soon as possible for school. Thanks

You can't boot Windows natively except on internal drives.
You can use a VM and put the VM image (VHD) anywhere any drive you want.
You are way too low on disk space, seriously so. And no room - even Windows and Mac OS should be warning and balking already.
"emulator" is an old-school term, even true, running a Guest OS under Mac's as a virtual machine, shared resources (RAM, processor) is easier but not the same performance level as running natively.
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After 16 years, I'm back to a Mac. I picked up a second hard drive for my Mac Pro that I have not installed yet and would like to solely dedicate this drive to running XP Pro. What is the best way to do this please? Thanks!!!

Hi and welcome to Discussions and also welcome back
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While maybe not neccessary but advisable, make a backup of your OSX volume.
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http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
http://www.virtualbox.org/
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