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{G55VW} Replacing my HDD with an SSD, what to do for drivers/windows8 reinstall?

cottog8444
Level 7
I have a G55VW that came pre-installed with win8, so there is no AI recovery tool.

So, if I were to replace my hdd with an ssd, what would you recommend to do to reinstall windows and my drivers?

Win8 has a utility to create a disk image, but many have said that it doesn't work on a smaller drive than the one whose image you have. I have 500gb hdd right now and want to put that in a caddy in my optical drive bay and use an ssd to boot/run apps from. I am set on a 256gb SSD, so I dunno if the disk image will be a viable option.

I haven't even looked around asus' site very much, so I dunno if there is a webpage with the drivers necessary for my device or not.

I know this is a pretty basic question, but I am a man who is used to having a recovery dvd and I am too lazy to go beyond a cursory google search.

Any help is appreciated ^^
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cottog8444
Level 7
guess I could use like clonezilla as a last resort to clone the drive.

Clintlgm
Level 14
You can download the drivers needed from Asus support/Download for your model, also you can download Asus BackTracker which will create a DVD or USB recovery media. Several here have installed the backtracker created recovery to SSD from HD successfully.
G752VY-DH72 Win 10 Pro
512 GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
1 TB Samsung 850 pro 2.5 format
980m GTX 4 GB
32GB DDR 4 Standard RAM

Z97 PRO WiFi I7 4790K
Windows 10 Pro
Z97 -A
Windows 10 Pro

cottog8444
Level 7
danke schoen

This thread has a link to the Back tracker download.
G752VY-DH72 Win 10 Pro
512 GB M.2 Samsung 960 Pro
1 TB Samsung 850 pro 2.5 format
980m GTX 4 GB
32GB DDR 4 Standard RAM

Z97 PRO WiFi I7 4790K
Windows 10 Pro
Z97 -A
Windows 10 Pro