Clean Install of Preloaded Windows 8 on HDD to SSD (MSI GX60)

Good Morning Guys! 
This is my first post here so I'll try my best to explain my problem / confusion coherently.
I recently ordered a MSI GX60 off ExcaliberPC. I haven't gotten it yet but my plan is to install a new 2.5" Cosair Force 3 120 GB SSD making it my primary hard drive and transferring the HDD to a secondary bay. I would want to use the same Windows 8 product key that came with the lappy obviously. Reason why I'm not doing a clone is because I heard that there might be some performance issues. Also want to remove all the bloatware and crapware that came with it.
So I have a few questions:
1) Are the mounting brackets provided by the laptop or do I have to purchase them myself?
2) I heard that the Windows 8 product key is embedded in the BIOS; which means I just have to do a clean install and it should automatically be activated? Does the same apply to Microsoft Office?
3) In which order do it? Install SSD into primary bay, relocate HDD to secondary bay then do a clean install on SSD first and clearing out the HDD after? or clear out HDD first then do a clean install after swapping in SSD into primary bay?
4) If the product key is indeed embedded in the BIOS, would updating the BIOS risk erasing out the key?
5) If my laptop completely dies, is there any way to retrieve the Windows 8 product key from the BIOS?
Appreciate all the help I could get!!!

Quote from: nathan.risto on 07-September-13, 23:31:42
I'm trying to do a clean install of windows 8 myself and I too am confused about the license being embedded. How do I get the license for my laptop? I installed Win8 clean and now I can't seem to get it to activate.
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