Recovery on a new drive SSD

I've just purchased a new EliteBook 8770w and a SSD and wanted to replace the primary HDD, so I created a recovery disk with the HP tool.
But when I swap the drives and put only the new SSD, and press F11 during the boot, no Recovery Manager starts up.
If I try to boot from the first backup CD, Windows 7 installation starts up. Any idea what's going on here?
1. Can I attach the both drives and run Recovery Manager from the original Windows and restore it on the second (SSD)?
2. Is this the best approach to change the primary HDD?
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Hi:
Unless the SSD is the same size as your original mechanical drive, recovery disks won't work.
I would make my own w7 installation media and then use that to install W7 on the SSD.
I would also copy the SWSetup folder off the C:\drive and store it on a portable hard drive because that contains all of the program installation files that came with your PC (except MS Office 2010 Starter).
Here's how to do that:
If you can read the 25 character Microsoft windows 7 product key, you can download plain Windows 7 ISO files to burn to a DVD for the version of windows that came installed on your PC, and that is listed on the Microsoft COA sticker on your PC's case.
Burn the ISO using the Burn ISO option on your DVD burning program and burn at the slowest possible speed your program will allow. This will create a bootable DVD.
Or use the Windows 7 USB/DVD installation tool to compile the ISO file you download from Digital River. Link and instructions below. You need a 4 GB flash drive to use the USB method of compilation.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
Use the 25 character product key on the PC to activate the installation.
The key will activate either a 32 or 64 bit installation.
Then go to the PC's support and driver page to install the drivers you need.
Link to the W7 ISO file downloads is below.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-from-digital-river/
Paul

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