Virus on External HD?

dpriest

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Forgive me if this is a very elementary question. On my new computer, I am planning on installing windows 7 64bit with all programs on a SSD. I then intend on cloning this drive, creating a bootable partition on another internal HD. If I boot off the bootable partition, and run windows and download a virus, trojan, malware, etc. will my SSD be infected also, or will the virus be just on the external hd?