T60p Vista Business to Win 7 Pro (upgrade) on the new SSD

My T60p 4 years needs an upgrade.  I plan a (Lenovo preload) Vista Business upgrade to Windows 7 Professional (upgrade multimedia).  Since my HD is rather small (80 GB) and getting noisy, I intend to replace it with a 120 GB SSD intel.

What is the best way to tackle the upgrade?  I guess I could clone the current HD to the SSD then clean install from upgrade disc.  Is there a way to install the SSD disk without involving the current player / OS from the win7 upgrade media?  I intend to reinstall applications once the operating system is installed.

Also, don't I have to worry about any special partitioning for the T60p?  I haven't yet decided how much of the thinkpad applications I'll install.  I use windows to manage bluetooth and wireless instead of thinkpad apps.  I use the fingerprint through apps thinkpad reader.

You can directly install windows 7 OS with support for upgrading without having to install Vista (unless you want).

Follow these instructions:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/10/27/clean-install-Windows-7-with-upgrade-media-and-product-key-...

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