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Hi,

I currently have a (slow) 7200rpm HDD as a primary device on my W510.
I would like to install the system on a SSD drive mounted as primary, and
move the 7200rpm HDD on an UltraBay.

Are there any precautions I should be aware of?
My plan is:
1. Remove the HDD, replace it with the SSD. Keep the disc reader unit.
2. Use a recovery DVD to reinstall brand new OS+Drivers (+"mini" IBM OS, I guess)
3. Remove the disc reader, replace it with the UltraBay with the HDD in it

Should this work?
I am worried about on aspect in particular, the fingerprint reading "thing".
Although I assume this is more of a BIOS integration.
[Data preservation is not a problem to me.]

Please excuse if my post is not "regular", for I am new to this forum and not a native English.

Thanks.

What you have proposed will work just fine. If you have a recovery partition on your current drive, make sure to create recovery discs before removing or wiping the current hard drive. You'll thank me later if you forget (or have never done) this. You can clear the fingerprint data in BIOS right before installing the new OS if you want to.

Thanks for your rapid answer.

Is the first recovery DVD the "Rescue and Recovery" software forced you to do at first launch enough?
I believe the R&R soft allows you to burn two types of recovery utilities, one to restore (clone) a complete system, and one to install essential elements [Recovery Data VS Recovery Boot]. Is that correct, and could I get more precise details?

The idea being to start with a clean, brand new system (important data has been saved on a removable drive). But a stable one.

I apologize for being that insistent, but I would like to be sure to do things the right way. Of course, I am full responsible for what I do, I would not blame anyone for giving a wrong advice.