Need some help installing Windows on SSD for the first time

Question

I bought a 7-pin SATA cable will it work for a normal SSD (SanDisk Ultra II 240GB) Do I perform a clean installation of Windows (I have win8 on my HDD and want to get 10 for SSD) or I clone it (and which program)? Both way works for me because I just bought this PC and has barely any space used but which way is better.

Do I need to format SSD prior installation? Just plug it in and update drivers for it?

Answer 1

I bought a 7-pin SATA cable will it work for a normal SSD (SanDisk Ultra II 240GB)

Yes, most likely your computer will treat it like any other hard drive, if not try updating your bios

Do I perform a clean installation of Windows (I have win8 on my HDD and want to get 10 for SSD) or I clone it (and which program)?

Either one will work fine, there are tons of different pieces of software, personally I like Macrium Reflect but most software designed for this purpose will work fine. A clean install is always the better way to go if you can though.

Do I need to format SSD prior installation?

No, the Windows installation program will, or the cloning software will.

Just plug it in and update drivers for it?

Just plug it in, it doesn't use any different drivers than a standard hard drive.