Use Macrium Reflect to make a disk image on an external drive. Use same to make a bootable copy that allows you to copy the disk image to the new SSD. I just did it, refreshingly easy.

I am trying to clone a spinning HD to SSD in a Windows 7 laptop, both harddrives are installed. My first choice was Macrium Reflect, but after installing, well, I don't know where it installed to ...