How should I go about setting an ssd   hdd to my macbook pro

I currently have a macbook air. I am going to get a macbook pro 15 inch and take out the optical drive and put the hdd there and then a samsung 840 pro ssd in the spot for the orginal hdd. What i want to do is first copy my disk from my air to the ssd on the pro. Then i want to put all my media files on to the hdd.
My questions are--
1. How will i get OS X  Mt Lion on my ssd? If i just copy over the disk image from my air to it will OS X be there or just the files? Also will the licensing and everything be in tact or will it have touble updating?
2. Is there anything i have to do to make my hdd and ssd work together while im running OS X. That way i can have my media on the hdd and other stuff on the ssd?
I evetually want to also boot camp windows 8 off the hdd.
Ive never done anything like thsi before so I really dont know what to expect. Excuse me for my lack of tech speak and whatnot.

nbar
While I don't use the optibay for an extra disk space (I use my SuperDrive for archival purposes and use it weekly) I don't think that the OP will have any problems, particularly with the OWC Data Doubler. Thousands - if not tens of thousands - people have used this method for placing another drive in their MBPs and very, very few people have reported problems (usually when using a cheap caddy/connector).
So while I don't use this method, I can't even begin to dissuade others from doing it.
Clinton

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