Getting Windows 7 to Boot from Second Disk Drive

Recently I purchased a solid state drive for my HP desktop.  The desktop is running 64 bit Windows 7 Premium (HP upgrade from Vista).
My goal is to have the operating system boot from the new SSD and not from the original hard drive.  I have done the following:
1.  Installed SSD and plugged it into SATA slot 1 on motherboard.  The original drive remains in SATA slot 0.
2.  Formatted SSD and assigned new drive letter "K" (next available) in Windows 7.
3.  Using Acronis, I "recovered" a previous backup of the operating system onto the SSD including boot sector.
3.  In BIOS, selected boot order for SSD to be ahead of original drive.
However, when starting Windows, the operating system is clearly running from the original drive, not the SSD.
Questions:
1.  In older operating systems, it mattered what SATA slot the "boot" drive was plugged into.  Should I have plugged the SSD into slot 0 on the motherboard instead of slot 1?  Does it matter with this PC and Windows 7?
2.  Does the Windows 7 operating make calls to drive C without regard to where it boots from?  If yes, how do I rename the SSD to "C"?  (I'm thinking I should unplug the original drive from the motherboard altogether then try a rename).
3.  Are there other issues I have not recognized?  Loading the OS from an SSD sounded so simple before I started!
All advice will be gratefully appreciated.  Thank you.

Hi, you will need to either change the drives bootup order in the BIOS or select it from the bootup menu at startup (press F9 I think). See this topic Re: HP Pavilion Elite e9180t Storage Upgrade in Desktop Hardware for more details. Good luck.
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