Hi guys, I have owned a G50V for a few years and am finally upgrading to a G74SX-XT1. I will be getting it in a week or so, and I would like to replace the HDD with an OCZ Agility 3 SSD. I want to do a clean Win7 install (I assume cloning is not the better option). I am decently tech savvy (currently waiting on a replacement screen for my G50V) but I am not too experienced with OS install.

Anyways I would just like to hear from anyone who's done a clean install onto a SSD, what was the procedure you used? The confusing part for me is the fact that there is no OS disk, so I am confused on how to handle that. Do I need to burn the recovery partition to a DVD (and if so would I do that with an ASUS or Windows utility)? Or can I just install Win7 to the SSD from the HDD's partition and switch them around afterwards?

I also read stuff on OCZ's forums about needing to switch between IDE/AHCI on some computers, is that or any other weird stuff necessary?

Sorry I have done all the research I can but reading about all the SSD quirks has me a bit overwhelmed! Thanks for any help you guys can give.