Restoring Windows 7 System Image to a smaller Disk

Hi,

I want to change a Win7 64 system on an notebook with a 250GB HHD to a new 160GB SSD.

• Is it possible to restore a Win7 system image to a smaller drive?
• Is it necessary to shrink the partion on the source drive before creating the image?
• There are other parameters to consider?

I´ve just searched the internet and read this post from the sorage team blog but I can´t find a conclusive answer for that question...

thanks in advance