I'm running a Samsung 840 140 gb ssd now and I wanted to know if I can make a new, back up image of my drive now, on my external usb hard drive as I have been doing and when my new drive arrives, just install it and use my repair disc and install as usual the image on the new larger Samsung 840 500gb. ssd drive? or is there a special method I need to use and maybe a link to it. When I installed the 120gb. ssd the backup image I used on it was from the standard hd that the image was made from which was the drive I removed, and it seemed to go on the new ssd just fine I'm hoping that's all I have to do again. all other hardware will be the same. Thanks! 
My Computer
At a glance
windows 7 Professional 64-bitintel i5 4670kG.SKILL 1866mhz. 16GB. (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3...HIS RADEON 4850 PCIE 2.0 ver.
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- custom build
- OS
- windows 7 Professional 64-bit
- CPU
- intel i5 4670k
- Motherboard
- ASUS Z87-A
- Memory
- G.SKILL 1866mhz. 16GB. (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- HIS RADEON 4850 PCIE 2.0 ver.
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- HP w2408h HDMI
- Screen Resolution
- 1024 x 768
- Hard Drives
- SamSung 840 ssd 120 GB
- PSU
- Corsair HX 1050 Gold
- Case
- ALUMINUS FULL ATX
- Cooling
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
- Keyboard
- Logitech 520
- Mouse
- Logitech 310
- Internet Speed
- 10 mbs
- Antivirus
- Avast full version
- Browser
- Firefox
Thanks!