Wanting to convert windows 7 from my hdd to my ssd

The best, cleanest, fastest way is a fresh install on the SSD.

USAFRet is right, but if there is too much that you do not want to lose then there are programs that duplicate the data from one hard drive to another, Acronis Migrate Easy trial is one example.

Yes, but there are a lot of other considerations to take into account.
How large is the proposed SSD, and how much space is taken up on the current C drive? If it is more than ~80% of the SSD size, then you have to reduce that.

And a fresh install on the SSD does not cause you to 'lose' anything. It is all still there on the HDD. You may have to reinstall your applications and games, but your personal data (the only stuff irreplaceable) is still there.

Not really, no. Not with the existing migration tools. There is not a checkbox that says "Move this and that, but not those things".

Depending on which one you were to use, it will either migrate the entire C partition, or the entire drive. You can't pick and choose 'some of it'.

Not that I've ever seen, anyway.

So. A fresh install on the SSD, and then you can install/reinstall your games and applications where you like. Some on the SSD, some on the HDD.

There are some steps you do to prepare, and we can go into those if you want.

USAFRet - "Not really, no. Not with the existing migration tools. There is not a checkbox that says "Move this and that, but not those things".

From Ez-Gig-IV features
"Use Data Select feature to deselect data folders from the copying process - perfect for cloning to a smaller HDD or SSD"
&
"Resize Partitions: EZ Gig IV gives you three options when creating your clone: automatically resizing partitions to the new drive, keeping the partition sizes the same or allowing you to manually resize your partitions"

Ref: http://www.apricorn.com/products/software/ezgig.html

$18 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161004
Need to find a diff vender as Newegg shows "out of stock. The Newer version for $25 is a USB 3 version but works on USB2 also.
$25 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161005

PS: The Program is free, BUT requires the SATA->USB adaptor cable - BUT this comes in very handy anyways.

Data folders I can see. Documents/Music/Movies/etc.

Applications? Haven't seen that yet.
But thanks for the heads up.

Some added INFO
1) Cloning and Migration ARE not the same thing. Many, including manuf misuse the word Clone”.
Cloning is a 1 to 1 exact copy of one drive to another. OLD saying, You can NOT fit 10 Lbs of Shi* into a 5 lb bag. Thus you can NOT do a true clone of a HDD (or SSD) to a smaller size drive. You Can Migrate, that is resizing the partition, only Migrate say the system + OS and program partition, and you can selectively copy NON essential folders.

2) The “Clean Install” does offer one distant advantage – It Cleans up the registry much much better than using a registry cleaner – gives that “fresh” look/feel.

3) All too often users take the “default” Method for Installing the OS and programs – They opt to use a single partition rather than first selecting an appropriate size for OS + programs Partition and a 2nd Partition for all used generated data/files. Myself I move the OS “My documents folder to this 2nd partition. There is a BIG advantage to this when doing Backups, and in this case MIGRATING OS from one drive to a 2nd drive. PS not all is lost, As it is not difficult to convert a single large partition to two partitions. Basic Steps:
.. A) You use disk management and shrink you partition down to smallest size.
.. B) You initialize/partition/format the “NEW” free space (From disk management).
.. C) You then copy all your generated files to the New 2nd partition. If you took defaults most of these would be in “My doc” this folder can be moved in it’s entirety to 2nd partition.
SEE: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/redirect-a-folder-to-a-new-location
Or: http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm
I think I took the simple route and just rt clicked the folder and dragged it to “D” drive.
.. D) Again re-size your "C" drive, Now it show be the size that you want (if moving to a SSD shoot for a size slightly less thah the size of the SSD
.. E) Step 3 is great for anyone who has a single large Partition
… You can use windows backup app for creating an image of JUST your System and OS+program partitions. Only need to re-back up after major changes, I only re-do about every 3->6 Months. The “your Data” should be Backed up much more frequently.
… To recover from a drive failure, An OS/MBR problem, or from Malware/virus. You simply plop in the “repair disk” that you were prompted to create after image was completed. Select repair, then restore using an image. 15 Min later you boot to EXACTLY as the OS was the day you created the image.

NO MORE, re-install windows, wait for 15K windows updates, NO reload drivers and programs (except for changes made after image was created)!!!!!

I much prefer my method of re-sizing the partition and NOT have to rely on program to resize and select what to keep.
A little story regarding my Wife’s system.
Here windows 7 OS developed a problem – would fail installing service pack one. If I messed up her system – even a dog house would not suffice, I would have had to go into hiding.
History, Her system – Clean install was OUT of the question. Missing Install disk, one program would have been almost impossible to re-install even if the disks were available. She had gone thru about 11 upgrades that “Required” the previous version. To top that off the program required serial port dongle and special devices such as a card reader. What I had to do when she moved from XP to new computer (Store bought) with vista was to install the OS then Bought a program to migrate all programs from one computer to new computer. Piece of junk so built her a NEW i3 windows 7 system. Again installed OS, Bought a new program to migrate all programs from one computer to new computer.

To work on here system I first Cloned the HDD to a 2nd HDD that I could work on – if I messed it up no biggy as I still had the original HDD. Tried every way from Sunday could not resolve the windows 7 problem – Last resort was to Re-install OS using UPGRADE mode – this kept all her programs and Fixed here issues.
I then used the method I described to resize here C drive to fit on a SSD. Then used Ez-Gig-Iv to migrate from this drive to a SSD.