SSD drive replacement

Still undecide between this system and Vizio. This one got the touch screen that I like and very much lean toward this system but have one question:
SSD drive: can I install this one instead of the Samsung?
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive- SDSSDX-120G-G25

My system A720 25642FU 27"
it has 750GB hard drive and I am buying  Crucial SSD CT064M4SSD3 64GB mSATA SATA III 6Gb/s
Both from Amazon. I noticed the above system doesn't have SSD so I wanted to upgrade.
1. Is SSD compatibla with the system?
2. Can I do the restore/repair to have OS onto the SSD?
Thanks in advance

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