i have a HDD with a lot of usefull and valuable data in it, but i wanna use it as a master hdd in a new pc computer i am building. it has ntfs partitions and have 25gb free space. so i think i can use that free space to intall the new OS (windows 7 basic 32bits). i must tell this hdd is actually used only for storage, it is not a master unit.

now my question is if i can install the OS in that space inside this hdd, without erase or damage my data. ?

there will be some problem with this procedure?

how could i get access my data after the OS installation?

thank you all!

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