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Install win 7 on a data drive?

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System Name Shamu
Processor i7 4770k Haswell
Motherboard Asrock Extreme 4 1150 Intel Z87
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3 2133
Video Card(s) Zotac GTX 1070 Amp Extreme Edition / Asus Strix GTX 970 3.5 Gb
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Case Corsair Carbide 500R - White
Power Supply OCZ ZX Series 1000W Modular 80 PLUS Gold
Mouse Razer SPECTRE / Sharkk 12 button MMO
Keyboard Razer Black Widow
Software Windows 10 Professional
I just had my OS hdd crash and die last night leaving me with my only other and last hdd a 1terrabyte hdd full of stuff. There is 25 gig of free space. Can I put a partition in the free space with the win 7 disk and install win 7 on this hdd that never had an OS on it before w/out losing all of my other data. I am pretty sure the answer is no and I will have to go out and buy a new hdd but I had to ask. I have no other drives to back up my data to. :(
 
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