HP laptop HDD replacing with SSD.....

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It is one of those laptops that do not come with boot disks or nowt so do I clone it or could I just make a boot CD from the laptop itself?

Cloning seems like hassle and it might not all fit on the SSD
 
If it won't all fit on the SSD then why are you moving to a smaller drive?
I've done over a dozen conversions from IDE > SSD, and i mostly use Acronis to capture the image of the existing os.
But i always ensure that the image is small enough to fit on the smaller SSD. You can then get Acronis to auto resize your partitions accordingly for the new drive.
Another way could be......do you have a COA on on the HP? If so, and i assume you are wanting to put the same OS back onto the SSD then simply put the SSD in and install the OS from disk (which should be easy to get hold of) then use your COA key.
If you don't have a COA, then either do option 1 or option 3 - buy a new OS.
 
With all the music and games it wont fit I don't think but it needs to be sped up as it is just a laptop for internet and parenting uses.
 
why would you have to clone?

you can download the Windows iso and create a bootable USB/DVD.

you can also replace the ODD with a caddy to fit in original HDD, so you'd have speed and capacity as well.
 
No the rents need the CD drive, they also need it to be same as before as they aren't exactly experts when it comes to computers.
 
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