Questions about installing SSD on my 2010 Macbook Pro

Hey there.
I have a Macbook Pro 2010. 15 inches and 2.4 GHz.
I was planning to upgrade only the memory from 4gb to 8, but realized that while I was at it, I might as well upgrade the hdd to an ssd as well.
I've lurked around the internet on how to install and set up a solid state drive onto my mbp, and I got the installation part alright (open back, T6 screwdriver, etc etc).
I'm concerned more about the set up - the process after in which I install my ssd, and installing the OSX - I have not yet found a site with solid step - by - step instructions into doing this.
Cloning? TRIM? I am getting very confused, and mildly frustrated.
So basically, after I physically install my SSD (which will be a Samsung 840 by the way), screw the bottom lid back on, then what?
Just in case this helps: I have the official cd for the Snow Leopard, as well as the application dvd and ilife. A lot of people are saying something like install Lion via internet or a purchased usb. Can i simply just install my snow leopard by the cd, and then upgrade it to lion after?
And I know that the 2010 mbp does not support SATA3. Im buying it simply for future upgrades.
Thanks for reading my post.

Let's see if I can help...
You already are aware that you can't have SATA III speeds, but you're already ahead of me on that one - I always suggest anticipating for future needs.
You've already made your choice of drive (and size, I'm guessing) and you know that you'll need a Phillips #00 and a Torx T6 screwdriver. I'm assuming that you've watched plenty of videos...
...so now, how to get everything working? What I would do is to buy an inexpensive USB enclosure for your old drive, install the new SSD and boot from the old drive, use Disk Utility from the old drive to format the SSD as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with a single GUID partition, and then use Carbon Copy Cloner (free for 30 days) to clone your old drive to your new drive (this is assuming that your SSD has similar space as your old HD?).
It's a simple procedure - pretty simply outlined here -> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4122.
The only uh-oh is if you have far more data on your HD than space available on your new SSD. That presents a new challenge. Write back if my method won't work because of space issues.
Oh, and I use Trim Enabler to enable TRIM on my SSD - the only drawback is that every time there's a .1 update to OS X, you must run it again and restart.
Clinton

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Foofighter62091 wrote:
there are two main ways to format the drive: 1.) Erase the drive in disk utility, or 2.) Partition it. Is there a difference, and if so is one better?
Those are potentially three different terms there:
"Erase" just means delete the disk directory file so that even though there might still be millions of files on the drive, there is no longer any record of where they are. Using the drive will gradually write new files over the old ones.
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