How do I tell if my operating system is on my SSD or HD?

I just bought a 27" iMac with a 1TB HD + 256 SSD. I appears that most of my stuff is on my SSD but there is some "other" stuff on my HD according to my "About This Mac > Storage". How do I manage this? I want my operating system, applications, and music on my SSD and nothing else for right now. How can I do this and tell which disk exact items are on? It would be helpful to specify which disk to use in the future for certain items too. Thanks!!

You can put some other things on the HD, by selecting it when there's a Save dialog.
You can also move things there if you want. Here's info on how to move some iLife data:
Moving your iTunes Music folder:   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Moving your iPhoto library:    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1229
Moving iMovie footage to another drive:    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1026
You can copy some other things there by dragging from your SSD to the HD, then deleting the copy on the SSD, but that can cause problems if the app used to edit or view the data doesn't realize you've moved it.

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Hi,
It ran Vista originally and yes 2007:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=au&lc=en&docname=c01075987
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