Install w7 from recovery to 2nd ssd

I have a DV7-4195ed. i installed an SSD drive as 2nd drive.
I want to use this drive as a startup drive to gain speed.
How do I install W7 from the recovery partition?

HP should have a recovery DVD available. 
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=bph07143
I am skeptical you can recover the system to a 60 gig hard drive, however. I can squeeze Windows 7 onto a 60 gig drive but once you install other programs then it is going to be real hard to keep the system working right. 

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