The cleanest way to do it is back up your stuff, and start fresh with a new OS install. Transferring the data from HDD to SSD means you're ending up with potentially not optimized installs for the SSD, possible data corruption, blah blah blah.
To make sure you have your original Windows 7 product key, use Nirsoft ProduKey. Just run it, and either write the key down or save to a text file. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey.zip If you need a Windows 7 disk, they're freely available to download and burn from Microsoft: http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/ To top it off, you'll get no HP bloatware with this configuration - just clean, beautiful Windows. Download the drivers to a flash drive, and you're golden. To speed up installing the stuff you need, pick what you want from www.ninite.com . it'll download all the common stuff you need (browser, Java, Reader, Libre, VLC, AV) and install it without junkware tagging along. By the way, congratulations on buying an HP EliteBook. The used ones are a fantastic deal for a ton of horsepower. Happy Holidays, -Robbie / @Truefire_ On Dec 24, 2014 8:23 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <amar...@charter.net> wrote: > The Samsung software has worked across several systems for me. > > Sent from my mobile device. > > > On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:58 AM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I picked up a used HP Elitebook and I'm looking to replace the drive > with an SSD. I have two options as to the operating system. I can either > transfer the old HD to the SSD or I can leave the SSD intact which has a > Win10 install on it currently. The original drive has all the annoying HP > software on it and right now I don't know how much of that is needed or if > it's just the normal HP software which has no real useful purpose, but just > gets in your way. Anyone have any experience with HP Elitebooks? > > > > And does anyone have any recommendation as to transfer software? The > samsung software that came with the SSD (about a year ago) did not work > with my desktop system. > > > > Merry Christmas All! > > > > Steve >
