Clean Windows 7 Pro install Pavilion M8517c

It's time for a change of hard disk.

Running Win Premium which has been installed as a Vista upgrade by the previous owner.

There are bugs and problems with this configuration and I would like to start with a clean copy of Win 7 Pro on a new 120 GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD for the OS and programs using a new WD Black 1 TB as the data disk.

ACPI x 64 PC Driver V 6.1.7600.16385

BIOS 6.1.7601.17514

Are Intel Core 2 Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz processors.

Storage controller is Intel ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R / / PCH SATA Raid Driver V 8.9.0.1023

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT video card

Currently has 5 GB of memory which I'm upgrading to 8 MB.

I am computer literate, not a computer scientist and have done a good amount of home working on logistics for the 2 drive configuration, but I hate surprises.

Will it get the required specific drivers of HP before installation or the installation of Win 7 disk will take care of this for me?

I have the system recovery discs, which are for Win Vista OS but I think that they only work for the original Vista installation.

Thanks in advance

Here's the original specifications for your desktop HP Pavilion Media Center m8517c. The HP recovery disks only returns the computer to a factory State... including Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit, drivers and HP provided software (BTW, recovery disks cannot install an SSD). If you want to do a clean install of Windows 7 Pro, skip using the HP recovery discs.

Some drivers may be installed by Windows 7, and you will need to download the remaining drivers from the manufacturers of different devices. Intel for chipset drivers Realtek for network and HD audio, NVIDIA for graphics drivers, pilots etc. If you have any questions, find the right drivers please post (text only) Windows Device Manager "Hardware ID" for all missing or unknown devices as shown in the example below.

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