ENVY Touchsmart 15 J000 Series (J001TX) Optional mSATA slot for installing Windows?

I wanted to ask
1. whether we can install a mSATA drive of 60-120 GB in the mSATA slot and use it as the place to install Windows? Would it be like having a dual hard disc setup if windows is installed on the mSATA and the 5400 rpm HDD is formatted? I know this might affect the warranty but still i am curious.
2. Also is any particular mSATA drive models whitelisted/blacklisted by HP? 
3. When we install a mSATA drive in the bay, does it affect the max RAM which we can use?
4. What is the size of the mSATA drive that would fit in the slot available?
5. Is the interface of the mSATA slot SATA II or SATA III?
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I wanted to ask
1. whether we can install a mSATA drive of 60-120 GB in the mSATA slot and use it as the place to install Windows? Would it be like having a dual hard disc setup if windows is installed on the mSATA and the 5400 rpm HDD is formatted? I know this might affect the warranty but still i am curious.
2. Also is any particular mSATA drive models whitelisted/blacklisted by HP? 
3. When we install a mSATA drive in the bay, does it affect the max RAM which we can use?
4. What is the size of the mSATA drive that would fit in the slot available?
5. Is the interface of the mSATA slot SATA II or SATA III?
Hi,
Q1: Yes you can install Windows on a mSATA module on this laptop..
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/729085​-envy-15t-j000-msata-ssd-hdd-fresh-install-msata-b​...
I recommend to remove the hard drive if the how to doesn't say that. A mSATA module is compatible so I don't think it will affect the warranty. 
Q2: Hard to answer this one but some guys already confirmed that Samsung PM830 256GB drives work with this series. Some other models also work, just search this forum..
Q3: The mSATA can be used as cache or a boot drive. If it's going to be used as cache it won't work with 12GB or more according to the manual for the laptop series. If it's going to be used as a boot drive there shouldn't be any limitation so you may use the max 16GB or so.
Q4: mSATA is a standard/interface/format so any mSATA SSD should fit the slot, the capacity doesn't matter.
Q5: As I said mSATA is an interface (slot), SATA II or III (speed) is a matter of the chipset on the motherboard. It's the same case like the typical SATA connection. The connectors and slots are the same but the speed is based by the chipset..
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