Dual Boot with Win8 on UEFI with SSHD

Hi folks!
I have a Lenovo Y40 laptop which currently has Windows 8.1 preloaded, which I unfortunately have to keep for a host of reasons. I've been meaning to install linux on my laptop for a while though, and now I finally have the time. However, I've been doing some research, and there are just too many things I don't understand that are keeping me from just jumping in and installing "on the fly".
Here's where my problems are:
This laptop has a hybrid drive in it, specifically the WDC WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD (I copied this out of the device manager), and I hear linux has problems with that? Also, this laptop uses UEFI, which I have zero experience with. Lastly, I have no idea which of the many preloaded partitions (listed below) are necessary for windows 8 to boot and function properly.
List of my partitions:
Two partitions labeled "Recovery Partition" in the disk manager (one 1GB and the other 15.64 GB)
The EFI partition
A partition labeled "OEM Partition"
The partition my C:\ drive is on
This absurd 25 GB partition with the name "LENOVO" which is mounted as D:/ and has folders named "Applications" and "Drivers"
So basically, I simply do not know how to install arch (or linux in general) on this kind of a system. I'm really hoping someone can generously give up some of their time to maybe send a few links and some basic steps to get this installation procedure going.
Thanks!
P.S. I have installed Arch before, but on a BIOS system with "normal" MBR-formatted hard drives. I'm pretty good with Linux, so you can assume a fair amount of previous knowledge.

mahkoe wrote:This laptop has a hybrid drive in it, specifically the WDC WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD (I copied this out of the device manager), and I hear linux has problems with that?
Sounds unlikely; what problems? Where did you hear this?
As for your partitions: shrink the C: partition (from Windows, defrag first) & mount /boot to the EFI partition (ie share this partition with Windows).
Leave all the other partitions intact.
Just follow the Beginner's Guide, it includes details pertaining to installing UEFI systems.

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