Change HDD to SDD

I have macbook pro 13 early 2011 if i change my HDD to SDD i still have ox reinstall with this feather Command (⌘) and R keys for recovery partition??

You really can't use the Command and R keys to get to Internet recovery after you've replaced your drive - that only will work to boot you into your Recovery partition on your old drive.
However, if you install the drive and use the Command, option/alt and R keys, you can boot into Internet Recovery and format your new SSD and install the system that shipped with your machine installed on your SSD.
But if you've data on your drive that you want on your SSD, I would recommend buying an enclosure for your drive (OWC has some good pricing) and using Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your old drive onto your new SSD. See this user tip - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4122.
Any more questions - just ask. A lot of us here have installed SSDs in place of old hard drives.
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