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If you move the User folders from your new install on SSD then Win7 backup imaging and some other imaging apps consider them System files and wants to include them in the image, plus there can be other complicated permissioning issues that have caused us to stop recommending it and instead use the much easier rightclick to Add to Library - Include a Folder - Windows 7 Forums.
All of the User folders have a Library except Downloads which you can create yourself from that rightclick menu.
I would install as many programs to SSD until it becomes close to full, to benefit from increased speed. Then you can install programs to the HD but I would keep them in a Programs partition which is imaged along with C. The problem with moving programs off of C is that they write themselves to the OS and really become a part of it until uninstalled, so should remain on C for imaging purposes - however including a Programs partition in the backup image can help.
So you could use free Acronis Seagate edition and back up the 100mb System Reserved boot partition and C, and eventually a Programs partition on the second hD, to the third HD or external. If Win7 ever becomes irreparable just boot the Acronis boot disk, reimage those three partitions to their original locations.
Keep the data folders OUT of the image and in a separate partition not included in image so they will be current and in their partition if the need arises to reimage in place of a reinstall.
There are other ways to do it but this is easiest. I personally will not move Programs off of C and would want an SSD large enough to include them, but it is your choice.