Hard Drive Replacement Running Boot Camp

Good morning. I am going to be swapping out my the 750gb 5200rpm hard drive on my 13-inch, Mid 2012 MBP. I am awaiting delivery of a 500gb SSD and it will be going in place of the 750 standard hd and I am really looking forward to it. My question to you guys is what do I do with the windows side of things that is installed? Time Machine is not backing up the Windows side as I understand it. What is the best way to go about this swap. Thank you for your help!
The MBP specs are as follows-
13-inch, Mid 2012 MBP 9,2
OSX- 10.10.1
Memory 8gb

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