REPLACING HDD with SSD

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Howdy,

I finally gave in and bought an SSD for my laptop. I figured I could just yank (figuratively) my HDD out, pop the SSD in and install Windows from a disk, however I seem to have overestimated my abilities... I do not want to clone my HDD to my SSD. I do not have the adapters/cables to do so. I would only like to do a fresh install of Windows on the SSD. What steps do I need to take to get this done shortly and quickly? Thanks.
 
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illuminatuz
pop out the HDD, pop in the SSD, go to bios, identify the SSD, make it secondary bootable device.. primary should be the CD/DVD ROM.. save and reboot.. :)

IF you are booting out of a USB, primary is USB, secondary is the SSD..
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I have Windows 7 on a disc that worked with my blank HDD in my desktop just fine. I put the same disc into my laptop with the blank SSD in, all I'm told is that there's no bootable device.
 
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So the old turn it on turn it off. Go figure. Worry for wasting your time... :)

 
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pop out the HDD, pop in the SSD, go to bios, identify the SSD, make it secondary bootable device.. primary should be the CD/DVD ROM.. save and reboot.. :)

IF you are booting out of a USB, primary is USB, secondary is the SSD..
 
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