Installing / Booting Between a SSD and HD

I recently purchase a Toshiba P500 series computer with a 64GB SSD and a 500 GB HD.
I want to install Microsoft Office and other apps were I am not interested in the speed the SSD provides ; I want to conserve the SSD disk space.
I understand how to do the "basics" of the install; when the install utility starts choose custom and select the hard drive letter and file I want to install the program in.
What I do not understand is this: I the SSD to be the boot drive, which is fine I want that. How do I get the SSD drive to recognize the software on the HD??
Also, Toshiba installed a bunch of stuff I on the SSD I want on the HD. Can you use some transfer ulitity to in Windows 7 to move the files?
Thanks

I can offer a little assistance here. When you install an app to another dive an icon is created in the start menu and perhaps the desktop. These icons are links to the program startup *.exe file. If you right click the icon you can place this link in the taskbar to start with one click from there. When you do a custom install to the second hard drive and look at the drive contents you will see a folder that says Program Files.
A word of caution with Office 2007 and 2010. Both can be installed in 32bit or 64bit. Microsoft recommends that all the office productivity tools be installed in 32bit. This info comes directly from the Microsoft TechNet download web site for those who wish to pick on this issue.
Some of the Toshiba Utilities can be downloaded from their web site. They (installers) may also be on the recovery disks.
Some one else can provide advice on this.
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