E440 16GB SSD u 110 sandiisk drive, what does it do?

Hi,
I just bought e440 with 500GB 7200rpm drive and additional 16GB SSD.
What does this drive do?
Is it for cache, for system or what?
Can I mount it as a standard drive?
I ahve installed Samsung EVO 840, 256GB drive. If the small ssd is for cache, I do not see a reason this should be usefull anymore.
Please let me know what does it do and what can I do with it. From disck management I cannot format it or allocate sapade for other use than it is right now, and I do not know what is it for..
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y460, i7 640m, 8GB 1066 CL-7, 80GB SSD Intel 310 pci-e + 500GB HDD WD, ATI 5650m + eGPU GTX 560 Ti 2GB GDDR5
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Got the solution. Just disable Intel speed-step technology, and it makes laptop 2x more responsive.
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How do I save files from another hard drive to the new one?
See advice n book above. Copy them in finder. Copy them in unix. Use a backup or sync utility. No different from Windows in that respect.
I have to reformat the old one as it was not set up correctly. The drive I have is Seagate but not specifically for MAC, so I have to format it.. never have done this before. Don't know the jargon.
Hook it up. Run disk utility. Partition 1 or more partions. GUID map. Format each partition Mac OS extended, Journaled. for more, read book, above. Seriously - we could give you more tips, but you really should learn enough to be comnfident.
I read that Time Machine will back up automatically but I want to take files from the old drive to the new one. Do I have to take them to the computer first and then to the new drive?
I have no idea what you are asking.
I need more memory on my computer. It's way too cluttered and congested. HELP!
What kind of memory and why? RTAM? Hard drive space? Explain. By the time you are done explaining, i suspect you will have ansered your own question.
Good luck,
Have you read the PDF manual for your cmputer?
Have you used a search engine to look for info, for example, in two seconds i got this from google and wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
Grant

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