>>I have watched YouTube videos of switching the hard drive for my exact model and the physical >>mechanics side of it seems straight forward if that saves you some hassle?
I'm only going to link to the Lenovo manual for that (and still will). It provides straightforward advice, and I agree, it looks fairly simple, but shouldn't be rushed.
If you don't use Word and Excel at an expert level, then the current LibreOffice (with only a slight learning curve) is a good, free, full function package worth an initial try.
The fact you've got Word/Excel 2013 is probably enough knowledge - I don't know what keys Mark's recommended package revealed, or their location. If you've got the report, save it off somewhere just in case we need to come back to it. (I rather think LibreOffice should be the first resort, and particularly if you have no keys).
Yup, I went back and noted you had the Microsoft USB download - make sure that's the one you use for install (it is guaranteed to be very up-to-date).
I know you were a bit worried about drivers; you really shouldn't be. Win10 install is very good at resolving most, and I've no doubt that, in the unlikely event it has a few issues, they will be resolvable. Remember, you've been through an upgrade to Win10 on that machine, with (I hope) no problems.
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