I was doing a lot of research, and ALMOST returned the laptop because I couldn't figure out a GOOD way to run a 256G mSATA SSD as the boot drive, plus keep the 1TB drive as a separate data drive. I could get it to work if I didn't have an HDD in there at all, or if I had the boot sector on the HDD. Neither solution was acceptable. I want to be able to yank that 1TB HDD at a moment's notice and have the system not be affected. I finally figured it out, and I thought if I was struggling with it,...
ENVY 15t-j000 mSATA SSD + HDD fresh install, with mSATA as boot drive
ENVY 15t-j000 mSATA SSD + HDD fresh install, with mSATA as boot drive