How to install  Yosemite on bare drive?

I want to upgrade my Macbook Pro hard drive to an SSD, once I swap, how do I install Yosemite on a bare drive?

The other way to do it would be to install Snow Leopard from your install disk, then upgrade to Yosemite.
An additional way is to get an external enclosure, clone the drive onto the SSD, then upgrade to Yosemite. Once the SSD has Yosemite installed, you can be erased and Yosemite installed from the Recovery HD.

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