G770 hd upgrade to SSD. Reinstalling Windows

Hi,
I'm intending to replace the HD on my new G770 with an SDD drive and replace the DVD drive with the HD in a caddy. Hardware wise I know exactly what I am doing and this should present no technical issues for me.
My question is where I stand with installing W7 on the sSD drive. It seems from reading threads on here that the recovery tool; will only reinstall W7 back onto the original drive that the laptop came with. Have I got this right? Obviously after paying for a valid licence for W7 when I bought the laptop I don't want to shell out now for another copy. Is there any way to crate discs that can install Windows.on the new SSD drive?
If anyone has any tips or info I'd appreciate it.
Cheers

Get the Win 7 iso file to create a dvd here:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
Install and use the Microsoft COA code from bottom of laptop to activate.
Use Win 7 Backup and Restore to create Disk Image and do
routine backups.
Lenovo recovery tool not needed in this case.
(May or may not install to new SSD, due to size differences)

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