SSD Cache in HP ENVY Phoenix 800-445qe doesn't seem to be installed right

I have a newly purchased HP ENVY Phoenix 800-445qe which includes what's supposed to be a 16gb ssd cache. Running WIndows 7 Pro 64.
The ssd drive was factory installed so it shows in Windows as with the name DATADRIVE1 (doesn't sound like it was intended as a cache, does it?) and it shows as drive E:. My understanding is that if it were really installed as a cache, it wouldn't be showing as a drive in Windows Explorer.
The HDD was set as ACHI in BIOS, not RAID. The Intel RST screen in firmware (accessable through Ctrl-I) shows both drives as non-RAID Disks. The HP support assistant shows the Intel RST x 64 driver v 13.2.0.1016 installed.
Elsewhere on the HP site is a support article with the title: A Seondary 16 GB Drive Shows up in Windows 8 File Explorer, which is the problem I'm having except, I have Win 7, not 8; it says to download a softpaq with release notes that say it only applies to HP ENVY HP-8 systems and requires Win 8; it's fix is to install Condusiv ExpressCache, which I'm under the impression is an alternative to Intel's RST, not something that works with it. So that doesn't seem to be the fix I'm looking for. HP Tech Support's helpful suggestion was to find a local computer dealer an pay them to fix it. (Yeah, right.)
Does anybody here know how to get this thing working?

There ain't no such thing in the Control Panel. *sigh*
Let me jump off in a very different direction, because as this point I've probably wasted more time on this than the cache can ever save me over the life of the system....
I have a 128GB SSD on order that I was going to install as my data drive, and then keep it backed up on a partition on the HDD. That's almost twice as large as my OS+Programs partition on my current XP machine. I'm thinking maybe I should bail on the whole cache thing, install the 128GB drive as my OS+Programs drive, and set up the 16 GBs as a data drive (since it seems to be set up that way already anyway. That's a little small, but I can make it work if I move older data files to the HDD as a kind of near line storage.
Unless you know of a reason I can't do that--like the mSATA SSD won't work as a drive--the question then becomes, how do I set up the 128GB SSD as the OS drive? I see two possibilities:
The first would be to use the HP restore image function to initialize the SSD, so it has the EFI partition with the Boot information, and then use Norton Ghost to restore the Ghost image I've created from my now customized Drive C (removing bloatware etc) to the new SSD.
The second--which could be a lot easier-- would be to make a ghost image of the entire drive of the current HDD and then use Ghost to restore the image to the 128GB SSD.
Do you know if either or both of these approaches will work?

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Anglogator, welcome to the forum.
I have the exact computer (See my signature below.). I have installed a Samsung EVO 840 500 GB SSD. It works absolutely great. Samsung SSD's seem to be the only brand that boots without changing any settings in the UEFI Firmware. If you decide to buy one, I will be glad to walk you through the installation process.
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Thank you for the additional information.
There are two main considerations when adding a video card: 1) the wattage that it takes to run it properly and 2) the length of the card.
You can determine if the card will fit by making a template and trying it in the space provided. It should fit with plenty of room for good airflow. You should add an inch for any additional PCIE power connectors
Here is the computer. It has a 500W power supply unit (PSU). The GTX 970 requires a PSU of at least 500W. The PSU in the computer would work if you didn't do any further upgrades. The length of the card that I reviewed was 9.5". HP offers a GTX 745 4 GB card. These cards are made specifically for HP.
As you can see in my signature below, I have an Envy Phoenix 810-135qe. It is a great computer. I added a Samsung EVO 840 SSD. This made it even faster.
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16GB mSATA SSD Cache

     I recently purchased a new HP Envy 700-300z desktop computer. All is well except for the following. With the purchase, I had the 16GB mSATA SSD Cache disk installed to speed up the computer. I could not locate any info in the instructions and was looking for third party software that was attached to this drive, like scandisk or conduit the owner of the software. Was there a software installed and if so where is it located or any other info that you may have.

Hi,
The machine uses the following technology:
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and software:
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