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Need step by step guide to changing HDD to SSD and making it the boot drive

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  • SSD
  • Boot
  • Hard Drives
  • Windows 7
August 13, 2014 4:43:17 AM

I have 2 Lenovo laptops - one is running Windows 7 and the other running 8.1. Both have hard drives that serve as boot drives and data storage. I want to change both to boot on an SSD and use the HDD as external storage. I am looking for step by step instructions on how to remove the existing HDD, insert the new SSD and get the operating system (Win 7 or Win8.1) on the SSD so it will boot. (I have enclosures for the HDDs coming out.) Where do I get the operating systems? I have no disks. I realize I must sound dumb but it's really just inexperience. I'm not in my comfort zone here but really want to try. I have added slave drives to desktops and changed a power supply, but never done anything with a laptop so I'm a little intimidated.

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