How do i install ssd on my laptop?

Here is a good tutorial to look at SSD Tweaks and Optimizations in Windows 7

You may also want to move some of your user folders to your second hard drive User Folders - Change Default Location

Jerry

There is little you need to do regarding performance. Just leave the whole OS on the SSD and move the user files to the HDD.

Regarding storage you may get rid of the hiberfile. The command is powercfg -h off. You can also reduce the pagefile to 2GB.

I agree with WHS, I do very little to mine and get very good performance. Too many people 'tweek' their SSD to death. I disable hiberfile (hibernate) to save space on the SSD, set defrag to manual ( the OS should do that for you, but check), move my user folders to another hard drive, reduce the page file, and almost nothing else. Everything else will be taken care of by the OS.

Nah, put it on the SSD. That is one of the great effects of the SSD - fast program access.

Right

Congratulations. I know you are proud of yourself, and should be. And think about what you have learned. Now, you will no longer be nervous about doing a clean install. Well, done.