Please Explain How To Install Windows 7 Onto A Samsung XP941 M.2 Drive

I have seen a dozen posts saying that this drive is bootable on the X99 platform (ASUS X99-E WS) and another dozen people say that it isn't. Someone at ASUS support said that some of the XP941s are bootable and others are not. WTF? How is that possible if they are all the same? Will some please explain exactly what steps to take to install Windows? I have all the latest drivers and BIOS. THe drive is already installed for storage.

The question really boils down to: Does the Asus X99-E WS support M.2 NGFF PCIe 3.0 x4, which is what is required for the XP941. M.2 support is too wide and uninformative, it may be limited to x2 and then the XP941 will not be bootable. Asus should be able to answer that. If it does not support it, then you have to either return the XP941 or use the ASRock X99 Extreme 11 motherboard or the Asus Rampage V Extreme, since both do support x4 if you need a bootable XP941.
The Samsung m.2 XP941 is an OEM disk. This means you are on your own. There is no support from Samsung, there is no warranty and Samsung Magician does not support it.
The companies that sell the XP941 to consumers, sell it as a replacement disk.
Maybe this can be helpful: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=1&model=X99-DELUXE&id=20141028220241736&page= 1&SLanguage=en-us
The Asus site mentions on the Specifications page for the X99-E WS:
Intel® X99 chipset : *1
1 x SATA Express port, gray, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
1 x M.2 x4 Socket 3, gray, , with M Key, type 2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode)
8 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray, *2
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology supports*3
ASMedia® SATA Express controller : *4
1 x SATA Express port, gray, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
ASMedia® SATA Express controller :
1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
so it should work with a bootable XP941.

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     2   0x00   0x12    239 255 255   239 255 255    301296240     11279520
     3   0x00   0x00      0   0   0     0   0   0            0            0
    C:\Programme\Gemeinsame Dateien\Lenovo\BMGR>
    So you have actually regained the Lenovo bootmanager. But you are not done yet.
    Step 14) Shutdown. Restart the system. DO NOT PRESS THE BLUE THINKVANTAGE BUTTON AT THE SYSTEM STARTUP SCREEN!!! IT DOES NOT WORK YET! When the system startup screen DISAPPEARS, quickly press F11 (maybe several times). The system should now boot the predesktop environment from the service partition.
    Step 15) When the predesktop is there, choose "warmstart". When the system startup screen appears, press the blue Thinkvantage button. The system should again boot into the predesktop. The blue Thinkvantage button now works permanently.
    Step 16) Check that you can boot Win XP and Win Vista/7 from the Windows bootmanager. You're done!

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