How Do I Know My SSD Is Properly Installed??

Hi,
I just received my Thinkpad T430, which came with 500GB Hard drive and 16GB SSD installed (and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit).
I bought the 16GB SSD with the understanding that the laptop would be boting off of that drive (thus making it that much faster). But looking at My Computer I don't see the SSD as a separate letter, and the Windows folder in its entirety appears to be in the 450GB C: drive.
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I went to the Disk Management window, and the SSD is there (see Disk 1) but there is no drive letter assigned to it.
When I right-click Disk 1's partition I can see the full menu but it's all greyed out except for "Delete Volume..."
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Is this the way things are supposed to be or has Lenovo screwed up the installation? Can someone tell me how I can tell for sure?
Thanks a lot,
Wassim
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Hi Tripplec,
Thanks for the reply.
Perhaps I did misunderstand...
You say "You don't have an SSD HD in your system" - well the description for this when I was customising was literally "Micro Hard Drive (mSATA) - 16GB Micro Solid State Drive, Serial ATA3".. can I be blamed for thinking I did have an SSD HD?
Perhaps I also misunderstood the not one but TWO salespeople I called up at Lenovo (sorry, Digital River) to specifically ask about this mSATA drive, where I used the words "So Windows will be installed on this 16GB drive? Is it big enough?" and they used the word "Yes" and didn't give me the explanation you've provided.
The way you describe it the 16GB mSATA is kinda acting like a RAM cache except that it doesn't wipe out when you turn off the computer. Is that more accurate?
Well at least the laptop will be faster in the way you describe it.
I know they make these mSATAs in sizes up to 256GB now... if I installed say a 64GB or 128GB one, I assume I would then be able to install Windows and other programs on it, and use the HDD for storage of things like photos, videos and music...?
But if I did that would it void my warranty?
Cheers,
Wassim

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