I bought an ASUS G11CD don't know how to use the ssd

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my new computer came with Windows 10, 2.7 gh intel 6th gen core i5, 16GB DDR4 SDRAM,
1TB hard drive and 512GB SSD plus a GeForce GTXS 1060 graphics card.

OK, so I have no idea what to use the SSD for or how to use it or even how to find it. I've never had a pc with one.
WHAT SHOULD I PUT ON THE SSD AND HOW DO I DO IT?

I called ASUS and they couldn't even tell me if the OS was on the ssd or the hdd
I've read that the pc can boot using the ssd ?? not sure I said that right, but I am clueless as to all this. I need some help here. I can't find anything pertinent online about how to use an ssd and what I do find seems to deal with people installing them after the fact and the info is usually dated 2013 or prior.

'm not a gamer but I have a lot of programs and I download a lot of movies and stream a lot of various content. I use office docs, image manipulating software, and have a gigantic list of folders in my favorites. I have a 350 gig hard drive in the pc I'm using now and it is just about full. I have a 1 TB external that I'm filling up.
 
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Heyo hookturn

If you'd like to know what is your SSD or HDD, just click into file explorer / this pc. here you'll be able to see your harddrives. Your SSD will be the one with around 500gb of space and vice versa with the HDD.
Both of the drives have letters, and these are somewhat important when installing programs. For example, if you want to install a game you want to load fast, you'd like to install it on the SSD. let's say it has the driveletter H. when installing you'll most likely have to exchange the driveletter from the installing path to H (In this scenario).

If you'd like to know if your windows is installed on the SSD, just click on it, when in 'this pc' and look for windows. If it isn't here, it's installed on the HDD...
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Heyo hookturn

If you'd like to know what is your SSD or HDD, just click into file explorer / this pc. here you'll be able to see your harddrives. Your SSD will be the one with around 500gb of space and vice versa with the HDD.
Both of the drives have letters, and these are somewhat important when installing programs. For example, if you want to install a game you want to load fast, you'd like to install it on the SSD. let's say it has the driveletter H. when installing you'll most likely have to exchange the driveletter from the installing path to H (In this scenario).

If you'd like to know if your windows is installed on the SSD, just click on it, when in 'this pc' and look for windows. If it isn't here, it's installed on the HDD.
You don't want to install EVERYTHING on your SSD, since you've only got so much fast storage. therefore it's important that you 'remember' those driveletters for when you're installing prgrams and stuff.

If you need more information gladly write back :)
Good luck with the SSD!
 
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