Adding a SSD Disk Cache to my laptop

I posted earlier on this topic and got an answer from Huffer.... Perhaps I misunderstood but the installation of the msata ssd is turning out to be more complex and more involved that i read into Huffer's response.
When I install the SSD and boot the system, I am not given an opportunity to choose which drive to boot from. Instead the system tried to boot, fails, appears to take a dump, then tries again. If I use the escape key and to go the OS Boot manager, it still does not offer an opportunity to choose the drive and fails, but this time says it is trying to do an automatic rebuld. (or something along those lines). At this point I interrupt it and force it to power down.
I have tried researching the question elsewhere and it appears that the AHCI mode that the system is operating in may be the source of the problem. My Intel RST does not have the 'accelerate' option that I believe is necessary, and instead offers 'performance'. Here's a link to one of the better posts I've found on the subject: http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/How-it-Works-Intel-SSD-Caching-148/
Early in the post you'll see for pictures of what the Intel RST should look like when adding your SSD. The first picture shows it having five buttons with one of them being 'accelerate' and notes the following below that image:
"Launch the Intel RST software and click on the "Accelerate" button. If the button is not present, you either are not in RAID mode or one of the other requirements have not been met"
I have found a setting in what passes for bios on a windows 8 system and it does offer the option of enabling raid. My conclusion is that this is what I need to do to add the msata ssd to my system as a disk cache.
So... my question...
Is my conclusion correct? Or perhaps the answer is that my system does not meet some other requirement for using the msata ssd drive as a disk cache.
My system is an HP Envy Touchsmart 15-j003cl Notebook PC. I have found reference in the device manager that it has the "Intel 8 Series / C220 Series Family Platform Controller Hub" and as I read a decription of the Hub there is hope that it does support what I want to do. (http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/8-series-chipset-pch-datashee...
Any guidence would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Yes, if i remove the msata ssd the system boots without problems. .... well... sometimes it needs to finish up whatever it was doing first, but then it boots with the msata ssd removed.
There is no optical drive with this system, but it has a sd card slot. I used that and a 32 gig sd card to create the recovery media. I do have a USB attached cd/dvd drive - and all the USB connectors are USB 3.0.
I'll enable Intel Rapid Start and give it a try. I was wondering about that. It already resume's pretty fast from hibernate and sleep but more is always better.
How do I use the startup repair tool? I would have to have the msata ssd inserted to use it, and the system will not boot to windows then. My system also uses UEFI rather than good-ole BIOS since its newly minted with w8. I suspect that is complicating matters.

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I know that 24% fulfillment is trivial, but now it definitely should show 3,5%.
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tmpfs 3.8G 6.0M 3.8G 1% /dev/shm
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http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2013/12/after-effects-cc-12-2-december-2013-update.htm l
(Yes, that is implied in your steps above, but I wanted to make sure that everyone reading realized this.)

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     Speed Not used (SSD Drive)
     Features S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM, SSD
     Max. Transfer Mode SATA III 6.0Gb/s
     Used Transfer Mode SATA II 3.0Gb/s
     Interface SATA
     Capacity 14.9 GB
     Real size 16,013,942,784 bytes
     RAID Type None
      S.M.A.R.T
       Status Good
        S.M.A.R.T attributes
      Partition 0
       Partition ID Disk #2, Partition #0
       Size 14.9 GB

Hello @JoBla,
Thank you for the information, and welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
I have read your post on how you are wondering if your desktop computer's hard disk is caching is being used, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
For caching on your computer, you will have needed to install one of the following drives:
1 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA
2 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA
3 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA
1 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA + 16 GB Disk Caching Solid State Drive
2 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA + 16 GB Disk Caching Solid State Drive
3 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA + 16 GB Disk Caching Solid State Drive
128 GB SATA Solid State Drive
256 GB SATA Solid State Drive
It is likely that this caching drive will be shown in Disk Management, which can be accessed by following this document on Partitioning and Naming Drives (Windows 8). It is important to note that an mSATA drive will not be visible in Windows, if you have one installed. You will also need to have Intel RST software installed.
I hope this helps!
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