2009 Mac Book Pro want to install an SSD drive to replace optical 250 drive. What is best way?

My Mac Book Pro is getting very slow (2009) I want to replace 250 optical drive foe a 256 SSD Samsung850 pro drive. What is the best way to proceed. I am running Yosemite  now. Have the SSD drive formatted and a back up made of my old drive. Do I have to go back to Snow leopard and reload? Then update to present?
Thanks

That error can be as a result of a number of reasons, corrupt file system, incompatible software, malware. etc.
I suggest that you connect the SDD via USB, boot into the recovery partition and install Yosemite onto the SSD.  (Make certain that it has been formatted.)
Then test to see if it will boot the MBP (OPTION key down at start up and then select the SSD icon.)
If it boots the MBP, swap the drives and then connect the original or your back up HDD to the MBP and then drag and drop your data to the internal SSD.
This way if the HHD was corrupt, that issue then should be eliminated.
Not as quick a procedure, but this seems to be the best alternative that I can come up with.
Ciao.

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