Adding a second hard drive to boot GNU/Linux

[RobertX]

I am talking about my present computer, not a new one.

For this computer, I am dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux Mint 17. I have an 80GB drive that holds the OSs together as well as their respective software.

Now, I saw an ad from a local computer franchise shop Canada Computers and found another 80GB hard drive.

I also have an external, but that's not relevant to the question I have.

Now onto the question: if I added a second hard drive to the system and deleted the original LM17 partition from the primary 80GB drive, would I be able to put LM17 onto the second hard drive? Would that be valid?

I have no fear of Secure Boot messing up the dual boot as my current computer is not made with UEFI.

So, again, the present question(s): can I put the GNU/Linux OS onto the new drive, or do they have to be together on the primary one?

Thank you.

[Kingfish]

You can put any os on any drive that can hold the data, the drive need not be fixed so long as the computer can boot from non fixed drives.