@ronnie cliburn blizzard updated that saying that an SSD isn’t required, though yeah the load times are soooo much faster, it takes me like a solid minute to load into the game using my HDD
It's no secret that you are tracked online and your information is sold to other companies. You buy on amazon, amazon sells your interest information to google and BAM what you are interested in shows up on youtube.
Thank you! 10 minutes of clearly explained information is going to save me hours of browsing Amazon trying to figure out the difference in what all seemed to be (at the time) near identical drives.
First class guidance! Many thanks. One point is that you can save a lot of time by cloning your existing drive onto the SSD. This transfers the operating system, programs and data. I partitioned my existing HD and shifted the data to drive E. Then I cloned only drive C to the new SSD and later transferred the data.
Lots of the jargon he was using was doing little more than making the subject unnecessarily obscure, basically all most consumers need to know is that there are a few main types of ssds and if you're looking to buy one just keep in mind what your motherboard can physically support. The most common ssd is a sata ssd, and you can basically upgrade to one from a hdd directly by just plugging in the power and sata cables from the hard drive, then there is pcie sata, which uses a pcie slot but is just as slow as a sata ssd, and a pcie m.2 drive, which uses a pcie slot and will be faster than a sata protocol drive. For pcie drives just make sure like he said that the drive you buy is supported, but most consumers will be well served by a decent sata ssd, just make sure it isn't some hyper obscure Chinese knock off and you'll probably be golden. And try to leave as much free space on it as possible to preserve its life span, its best to just have the os, essential programs, etc; that you want to run fast on the ssd and have everything else on a hdd.
Just upgraded my HP Elitebook from a 320GB HD to a 250GB SSD.....reduced the boot time down to 30seconds for a Windows 10 machine. It also increases battery life as the fan isn't working as hard.
If you just want to game primarily, get either a crucial or WD 2.5 inch. Pretty much all SSDs (including NVME) have very similar load times. You may save two seconds with an NVME, but it's not worth the premium that you pay. M.2 may be the same price as 2.5-inch SSDs now, so you can go that route, too. Remember that m.2 can be SATA or PCI. Get the SATA; don't waste your money on NVME if you're just gaming. NVME is better suited to video editing and large file transfers
@@primeribgaming2681 yeah those are all good. Problem is that the 860 is still a lot more than the others (or, it was last I checked, anyway). That's why I didn't include Samsung. 2TB for the 860 Evo was 500 CAD; it was only around 370 for 2TB for Crucial's MX500.
I have a question. I have an older spec pc and unfortunently the motherboard dosent support m.2 SSDs. However i do want to get an ssd to improve speeds of pretty much everything since i will be trying out some sort of video editing. I am absolutely not sticking with an hdd. I was looking at a couple 2.5" SSDs and i came across wd blue and green. The minimum capacity i can accept is 240gb. Which one is more worth it ?
Pro tip: The next time you have a mobo on a table and use it for demonstrating slotting something in (or out), make sure it is stable, e.g. rest it on a foam block or a folded towel :) It is quite awkward to watch your mobo rocking back and forth on its corners!
Why didn't he mention the difference between M.2 SATA and M.2 NVME. you need an NVME supported motherboard if you get an NVME drive. Also the NVME drive has 1 notch in it. The SATA M.2 has 2 notches and is much much much much slower.
Thanks for the heads up on the NVME motherboard support info. I have a 6 year old gaming PC that I am going to add a 1 terabyte M.2 using a M.2 PCIE card adapter and put it in a PCIE X 4 slot. I was going to get a Samsung NVME M.2 stick. You saved me money and a lot of time trying to figure out why it's not working.
I own late 2013 I Mac 21.5. This video was definitely a part of what I needed to know regarding an SSD. I'm highly interested in the WD Black SN750 2TB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD [I'm a music producer, not a gamer] for my Mac, I was told by a technician that this drive WILL work for my mac so I decided to start shopping around for the best prices, each and every store I contacted including Geek Squad's Best Buy assured me that this SSD will NOT be compatible for my I Mac. I'm looking for either a 2 TB or 4 TB. **Any Suggestions**?
Still trying to figure out if my asrock fatal1ty z170 gaming k6+ will support an nvme or not the manual says it supports Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) but those numbers aren't in any Amazon listing
Hi, why does the sata M.2 SSD connector has 2 gaps in it but the slot on the motherboard only has 1 notch ? Isn't that weird, because it means some pins of the slot are useless where the gap is on the SSD connector...?
I have a very important question haha. I know that an ssd is perfection for the operating system and other programs in the initial build. My question is for my games and photos does it matter if I buy an SSD or HDD? I heard that having a game on an SSD runs faster than a HDD; but is it going to make it any better. I have an nvme ssd that’s 500 gb for my operating system and an HDD for games and other stuffs. I want to upgrade my HDD but I am not sure if I should go for an SSD or HDD. I want to make lots of space and combine what I have now with the new SSD(if needed) or HDD. Mmm, one last question would be could I fuse an SSD with an HDD(I think you can but hey asking questions is the best way to become more intelligent)
Compare a car from 1962 to one from today. Will the newer car get you to your destination any better? The new one may be more efficient and maybe more comfortable, but they both can do the same job. Your configuration is already the best of both worlds, so the only reason to upgrade would be if you just want the newer drive.
i recently bought an HP 14-dk0024wm laptop,. you can upgrade the memory and add a 2.5 ssd internally,. it also has a SSD M.2 2280 SATA storage it came with,. my question is when i opened it, the bus showed that it could potentially fit a M.2 NvME stick because the bus has the one notch,. yet my stick is the SATA M.2 version,. my concern is that if i got the Nvme stick it wouldn't work even tho it would fit,. i can't find really much on it,. HP website doesn't even acknowledge anything about upgrading the laptop,. just looking for some help!! thanks
My notebook laptop is ASUS X200CA memory 2gb .processor is INTEL Celeron is1007U @ 1.5GHz working very slow always hang for 5minutes i want to upgrade this but i see in you tube that the MEMORY RAM fixed solded on board no chance to upgrade ' how about if i upgrade the HDD to SSD it is possible i want your advice
I hate when videos say it's everything you need to know but say stuff like "in order to do this, you'll need to know which of that you have" and then completely leave out how to tell what that thing is.
Ye ssd does gets wear off due to writing of data.. A typical Samsung 256 GB SSD. Claims it can hav 144 tb of data written over it before it gets damaged. Like u copy 1 gb of data to it delete it. 1024 times a gb and ur 1tb data written. So 144 tb is a lot I guess. 1 gb ssd would easily last over 5 yrs.. Search go tbw life tb written life.
Think of it like tires on your car: the rougher the roads the faster they wear. The more you drive, the faster they wear. It doesn't matter the type of tire.
you need to know which one is cheaper, cause they are all pretty much the same... and right now, they are pretty cheap when you compare them with what they used to cost just a year or two ago... I payed my first 120GB almost 100euro, and today you can buy 500GB for less, and much better speeds and quality... no need to play nice with them, copy-paste-delete as much as you want!!!
At the very end he says that small, cheap systems use a "EMMC" drive, or something like that. Does that mean you can't upgrade? Or is he referring to the upgrade you need? I'm confused and pretty sure my system is as cheap and slow as it gets.
I have an older quad core AMD PC that I am wanting to speed up . I am considering a SSD / SATA of about 500gb , to replace my C"/ hard drive . I see units advertised for laptops . Will these work OK in desk top PCs ? Thanks , :-) Happy New Year Wyr God bless
Watch the video. He already state interface and type. Any drive for a laptop will fit in a desktop, but not the other way around. That's why they're advertising for laptop.
If you put a PCIE M.2 into a SATA bus though... it’ll still work, right? Just only at the SATA speeds and not the x3 or x4 of the PCIE lane. I think....
As long as the slot is compatible. Not all M.2 slots are cross compatible, like on an ASUS Maximus Hero motherboard. The first slot under the Heat Sink in the middle of the board supports both SATA & NVMe, but the second slot on the bottom-right of the board only supports NVMe; so you'll have to look up the compatibility under your physical manual or the website, which should have the digital version.
so i just have a question: currently i have a 500 gb ssd sata 2.5” and i was wondering if that was enough. is it? i also was wondering if i would need a different m.2 ssd (like the long ones). would i?
I have a laptop which has the 16GB Optane Memory Cache using the M.2 connection.... If I disable and remove this, am I able to buy and use an M.2 SSD/NVME Drive in place of the HDD
My mid 2010 MBP13 will not allow me to update software presently. My IOS is mountain lion. I upgraded RAM to 16 and now will be installing a crucial ssd. Once I do the install will i be able to update to the newest IOS?
I bought a good quality highly recommended SSD drive, Samsung 860 EVO to replace the disk drive in my HP laptop. Used an Apricorn SATA Wire upgrade kit (USB dongle with EZ Gig cloning software, easily copied from laptop to the SSD. Supposedly all I have to do is install the SSD into my laptop and off we go. No such luck. Even after updating the BIOS (from F.09 to F28) I can't get the computer to boot up on the new SSD. I've had a lot of practice swapping these drives back and forth. No luck. I can read all the files in the new SSD with the dongle plugged into the USB port, so the files are there. I just can't get my computer to recognize and boot from it when installed.
Kinda late but u need to activate them in the partition. Can look it up on here. Then transfer the os onto the ssd and go into the bios change the load order to make the ssd boot 1st.
DO YOU GET A SATA SSD CABLE WHEN YOU BUY AN SSD? OR DO YOU HAVE TO BUY AN EXTRA SATA SSD CABLE if u dont have a spare cable. i'm looking to change my HDD to my new SSD... and looking to clone my HDD boot drive to SSD without.. needing an extra Cable to work like that.
You can usually find this out by looking at the part of the box that says "contents," but odds are it only has a cable to connect it to the computer itself.
run a program like speccy and it'll break out the motherboard configuration for you in all the details you need... you can match that up with product listings and know if you're good to go - or if you end up chatting online with their customer support and have the photo of that output so they can see it, they'll have everything they need to know. And in your case you can probably speak to them in a native language and be understood :D
so I literally JUST bought an SSD on Amazon, click on youtube, and this is the first video that pops up in recommended...🤔
LifeIsGood Oh
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@ronnie cliburn blizzard updated that saying that an SSD isn’t required, though yeah the load times are soooo much faster, it takes me like a solid minute to load into the game using my HDD
Google is watching everyone's clicks bro
Amazon has google trackers in their webpage
It's no secret that you are tracked online and your information is sold to other companies. You buy on amazon, amazon sells your interest information to google and BAM what you are interested in shows up on youtube.
Thank you! 10 minutes of clearly explained information is going to save me hours of browsing Amazon trying to figure out the difference in what all seemed to be (at the time) near identical drives.
Not Everyone will Understand how informative this video is, You won't get to learn these kind of things in a Classroom
First class guidance! Many thanks. One point is that you can save a lot of time by cloning your existing drive onto the SSD. This transfers the operating system, programs and data. I partitioned my existing HD and shifted the data to drive E. Then I cloned only drive C to the new SSD and later transferred the data.
Ben get in touched
great vid, love the MLC and TLC was covered because that's what i wanted to know about, and the bonus about Optane was nice.
Really likeable video with likeable Executive Editor, thanks for all the information
Every Crucial infos that need to be explain have been explained incl the most overlooked TBW. Great video!!! Thanks!
Great content. It would have been so much simpler to brand it 'Optane Drive Cache' rather than 'Optane Memory' but no one asked me.
Someone that actually explains abbreviations. Brilliant.
Ok, that was exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
I wish I could have understood it. Not everyone has the technical knowledge you display.
Lots of the jargon he was using was doing little more than making the subject unnecessarily obscure, basically all most consumers need to know is that there are a few main types of ssds and if you're looking to buy one just keep in mind what your motherboard can physically support. The most common ssd is a sata ssd, and you can basically upgrade to one from a hdd directly by just plugging in the power and sata cables from the hard drive, then there is pcie sata, which uses a pcie slot but is just as slow as a sata ssd, and a pcie m.2 drive, which uses a pcie slot and will be faster than a sata protocol drive. For pcie drives just make sure like he said that the drive you buy is supported, but most consumers will be well served by a decent sata ssd, just make sure it isn't some hyper obscure Chinese knock off and you'll probably be golden. And try to leave as much free space on it as possible to preserve its life span, its best to just have the os, essential programs, etc; that you want to run fast on the ssd and have everything else on a hdd.
*nvme
Even now in 2022 very informative and up to date guide.
Excellent. Clear and quick.
Just upgraded my HP Elitebook from a 320GB HD to a 250GB SSD.....reduced the boot time down to 30seconds for a Windows 10 machine. It also increases battery life as the fan isn't working as hard.
Weird it should be even faster .
Exactly
This was extremely helpful! Even if it is 4 yrs old.
Thank you! Very informative and useful. And also made me subscribe ;)
If you just want to game primarily, get either a crucial or WD 2.5 inch. Pretty much all SSDs (including NVME) have very similar load times. You may save two seconds with an NVME, but it's not worth the premium that you pay. M.2 may be the same price as 2.5-inch SSDs now, so you can go that route, too. Remember that m.2 can be SATA or PCI. Get the SATA; don't waste your money on NVME if you're just gaming. NVME is better suited to video editing and large file transfers
This all I have in my laptop :P (razer blade) so no choice here but to upgrade to a 2tb nvme m.2 ssd (same type, higher storage)
@@krazye2239 why not save money and upgrade to an m.2 SATA SSD?
googlewolly
For 2.5 inch if you are gaming chose either Crucial, WD Blue/Black, or Samsung 860 Evo.
@@primeribgaming2681 yeah those are all good. Problem is that the 860 is still a lot more than the others (or, it was last I checked, anyway). That's why I didn't include Samsung. 2TB for the 860 Evo was 500 CAD; it was only around 370 for 2TB for Crucial's MX500.
I have a question. I have an older spec pc and unfortunently the motherboard dosent support m.2 SSDs. However i do want to get an ssd to improve speeds of pretty much everything since i will be trying out some sort of video editing. I am absolutely not sticking with an hdd.
I was looking at a couple 2.5" SSDs and i came across wd blue and green. The minimum capacity i can accept is 240gb. Which one is more worth it ?
Main thing is PCI Bus is much faster in compare to SSD Bus. so keep it in mind for m.2
The m.2s are by far the best. Even though my 2015 MacBook Air is old with a slow CPU. It still runs fast thanks to the super fast hard drive.
Pro tip: The next time you have a mobo on a table and use it for demonstrating slotting something in (or out), make sure it is stable, e.g. rest it on a foam block or a folded towel :) It is quite awkward to watch your mobo rocking back and forth on its corners!
thank you so much for this!
Great video! Thank you for helping me understand most of the ins and outs!
this is very great and helpful video
Why didn't he mention the difference between M.2 SATA and M.2 NVME. you need an NVME supported motherboard if you get an NVME drive. Also the NVME drive has 1 notch in it. The SATA M.2 has 2 notches and is much much much much slower.
I think you have those backwards. SATA has 2 notches while NVME has 1?
Thanks for the heads up on the NVME motherboard support info. I have a 6 year old gaming PC that I am going to add a 1 terabyte M.2 using a M.2 PCIE card adapter and put it in a PCIE X 4 slot. I was going to get a Samsung NVME M.2 stick. You saved me money and a lot of time trying to figure out why it's not working.
What a great video. It's extremely informative and helped me understand SSDs better
Very informative 👌 I feel a lot better shopping for a replacement drive now that I know what to look for and why.
I appreciated the overview of different optane types.
Very nice and comprehensive review
Wow. Good explanation for IT idiot like me. Learnt a lot. Thanks!
For some reason, he looks like peter parker. But older. (My fav Toby)
Still love the inputs though!
Thank you for this video and its valuable content.
Incomplete video ..only mentioned MLC & TLC ....but there is more types SLC MLC TLC QLC
thanks for the great info and Value from video - big thanks
The thing that matters is whether your PC supports booting from these interfaces.
2.5 is sata....just like an hdd
@@joshuaguenin9507 Not all bios supports all drives.
This guy really gave a fair bit of info...
awesome content and easily understandable. thank you
Great info! Love the video!
very good video - educated me well on ssd's, thank you
Very useful info - thanks!
So at what point do I use my Swiss Army Knife? Thank you for this helpful info!
Ernie, from Sesame Street? Enjoyed the vid, Thanks!
Amazing video ! thank you
Nice job on this!!
I own late 2013 I Mac 21.5. This video was definitely a part of what I needed to know regarding an SSD. I'm highly interested in the WD Black SN750 2TB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD [I'm a music producer, not a gamer] for my Mac, I was told by a technician that this drive WILL work for my mac so I decided to start shopping around for the best prices, each and every store I contacted including Geek Squad's Best Buy assured me that this SSD will NOT be compatible for my I Mac. I'm looking for either a 2 TB or 4 TB. **Any Suggestions**?
very helpful video. Thank you good sir.
Also leave at least 10% of the drive empty to obtain optimum live expectancy.
Please edit that word typo - 'liFe' instead of 'liVe'.
My O. C. D. just won't let it go!
Hehe.
Still trying to figure out if my asrock fatal1ty z170 gaming k6+ will support an nvme or not the manual says it supports Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) but those numbers aren't in any Amazon listing
Hi, why does the sata M.2 SSD connector has 2 gaps in it but the slot on the motherboard only has 1 notch ? Isn't that weird, because it means some pins of the slot are useless where the gap is on the SSD connector...?
Thanks for the video!
As you can see.... it’s not that simple 🤣. I love your humor haha
this dudes a magician look at his hands.
Man great JOB. Thanks I mean I just found what I wanted to...
Excellent information....thanks.
you have to check your audio level, you're only hitting -12 db digital, this is way too low.
Maybe there were trying to lower the nasal grate?
Thank you for this Sir!!
very good. need b/m differences to
I have a very important question haha. I know that an ssd is perfection for the operating system and other programs in the initial build. My question is for my games and photos does it matter if I buy an SSD or HDD? I heard that having a game on an SSD runs faster than a HDD; but is it going to make it any better. I have an nvme ssd that’s 500 gb for my operating system and an HDD for games and other stuffs. I want to upgrade my HDD but I am not sure if I should go for an SSD or HDD. I want to make lots of space and combine what I have now with the new SSD(if needed) or HDD. Mmm, one last question would be could I fuse an SSD with an HDD(I think you can but hey asking questions is the best way to become more intelligent)
You might be able to make two drives look like one, but it's not worth it because you want to be able to decide what goes on which drive.
Compare a car from 1962 to one from today. Will the newer car get you to your destination any better? The new one may be more efficient and maybe more comfortable, but they both can do the same job.
Your configuration is already the best of both worlds, so the only reason to upgrade would be if you just want the newer drive.
@@krane15 thank you for your reply. Your reply also helped me :)
Is there a way to know the bus type, interface, without opening the laptop?
Speccy is a very good and free program to see your laptop's hardware.
i recently bought an HP 14-dk0024wm laptop,. you can upgrade the memory and add a 2.5 ssd internally,. it also has a SSD M.2 2280 SATA storage it came with,. my question is when i opened it, the bus showed that it could potentially fit a M.2 NvME stick because the bus has the one notch,. yet my stick is the SATA M.2 version,. my concern is that if i got the Nvme stick it wouldn't work even tho it would fit,. i can't find really much on it,. HP website doesn't even acknowledge anything about upgrading the laptop,. just looking for some help!! thanks
Awesome content.
Well explained.
I know m2 nvme is faster than m2 sata but do we really notice that difference in the boot up? Please update
What is the difference between optane memory Vs optane SSD?
Yes.
Didn't know Toby Maguire knew so much about tech.
Great video
What a brilliant tutorial!
My notebook laptop is ASUS X200CA memory 2gb .processor is INTEL Celeron is1007U @ 1.5GHz working very slow always hang for 5minutes i want to upgrade this but i see in you tube that the MEMORY RAM fixed solded on board no chance to upgrade ' how about if i upgrade the HDD to SSD it is possible i want your advice
Samsung Evo 960 !
Well explained sir
I hate when videos say it's everything you need to know but say stuff like "in order to do this, you'll need to know which of that you have" and then completely leave out how to tell what that thing is.
last time I ever buy branded HDD but all spoilt very fast.
So this time I buy un-branded SSD Netac 256 GB SSD (OS) and Lexar 1 TB SSD (Games)
Good video, very informative. Camera work leaves much to be desired.
Good information, but PLEASE fix the bloody mic so i dont have to crank the volume up to even understand what the words are.
Mission Critical
I thought the same thing 😂
Is it advisable to buy a 1 tb ssd and dont use a hdd? Does ssd deteriorates first than hdd? Or vice versa? Need help guys
Ye ssd does gets wear off due to writing of data.. A typical Samsung 256 GB SSD. Claims it can hav 144 tb of data written over it before it gets damaged. Like u copy 1 gb of data to it delete it. 1024 times a gb and ur 1tb data written. So 144 tb is a lot I guess. 1 gb ssd would easily last over 5 yrs.. Search go tbw life tb written life.
Think of it like tires on your car: the rougher the roads the faster they wear. The more you drive, the faster they wear. It doesn't matter the type of tire.
Thanks a Lot👍👍👍
you need to know which one is cheaper, cause they are all pretty much the same... and right now, they are pretty cheap when you compare them with what they used to cost just a year or two ago... I payed my first 120GB almost 100euro, and today you can buy 500GB for less, and much better speeds and quality... no need to play nice with them, copy-paste-delete as much as you want!!!
Crucial SSD's are junk
At the very end he says that small, cheap systems use a "EMMC" drive, or something like that. Does that mean you can't upgrade? Or is he referring to the upgrade you need? I'm confused and pretty sure my system is as cheap and slow as it gets.
The only thing that interests me is price. If I can't afford it, I can't buy it.
true for me also
Is it just me or this man look like Toby Maguire
I think he looks more like Tony Hale - in Arrested Development.
Thanks a lot
I have an older quad core AMD PC that I am wanting to speed up .
I am considering a SSD / SATA of about 500gb , to replace my C"/ hard drive .
I see units advertised for laptops . Will these work OK in desk top PCs ?
Thanks , :-)
Happy New Year
Wyr
God bless
Watch the video. He already state interface and type. Any drive for a laptop will fit in a desktop, but not the other way around. That's why they're advertising for laptop.
No ground strap?
If you put a PCIE M.2 into a SATA bus though... it’ll still work, right? Just only at the SATA speeds and not the x3 or x4 of the PCIE lane.
I think....
As long as the slot is compatible. Not all M.2 slots are cross compatible, like on an ASUS Maximus Hero motherboard. The first slot under the Heat Sink in the middle of the board supports both SATA & NVMe, but the second slot on the bottom-right of the board only supports NVMe; so you'll have to look up the compatibility under your physical manual or the website, which should have the digital version.
I feel like it’s rare to see a mature adult hosting a RUclips video.
What does it mater if the info is accurate.
@@zybch Matter
Scotty Kilmer
Guess you haven't been on youtube for long
Only if you've been living under a rock since the internet was invented.
what if the ssd have LPDDR4 Dram Cache but the laptop only support DDR3, will the SSD work effectively? Please help me
Looks like Tobey Maguire w/o hair
No, he looks like Phil Collins
Oh my God! I can't unsee it now!
I don't know why most SSD videos never mention DRAM and HMB when choosing SSD's, Maybe they're not that Important?
My ssd works with sata3 and I have a sata cable that says sata6GB/s can I plug in a sata6 in the motherboard?
yeah SATA3 is just the collocial term, the cable is just referring to the transfer speed of 6 gigabits/s
Sata 6gb/s is Sata3. Sata 3gb/s is Sata2 and Sata is 1.5gb/s
so i just have a question: currently i have a 500 gb ssd sata 2.5” and i was wondering if that was enough. is it? i also was wondering if i would need a different m.2 ssd (like the long ones). would i?
I have a Sata 6gb ssd installed. Is there a need to upgrade to a M. 2 NVME?
no
only if you need waste your money
you forgot to show kids the mSata SSD.
I have a laptop which has the 16GB Optane Memory Cache using the M.2 connection.... If I disable and remove this, am I able to buy and use an M.2 SSD/NVME Drive in place of the HDD
My mid 2010 MBP13 will not allow me to update software presently. My IOS is mountain lion. I upgraded RAM to 16 and now will be installing a crucial ssd. Once I do the install will i be able to update to the newest IOS?
Hi sir,
Is SERIAL ATA same as SATA3?
I bought a good quality highly recommended SSD drive, Samsung 860 EVO to replace the disk drive in my HP laptop. Used an Apricorn SATA Wire upgrade kit (USB dongle with EZ Gig cloning software, easily copied from laptop to the SSD. Supposedly all I have to do is install the SSD into my laptop and off we go. No such luck. Even after updating the BIOS (from F.09 to F28) I can't get the computer to boot up on the new SSD. I've had a lot of practice swapping these drives back and forth. No luck. I can read all the files in the new SSD with the dongle plugged into the USB port, so the files are there. I just can't get my computer to recognize and boot from it when installed.
Kinda late but u need to activate them in the partition. Can look it up on here. Then transfer the os onto the ssd and go into the bios change the load order to make the ssd boot 1st.
DO YOU GET A SATA SSD CABLE WHEN YOU BUY AN SSD?
OR DO YOU HAVE TO BUY AN EXTRA SATA SSD CABLE if u dont have a spare cable.
i'm looking to change my HDD to my new SSD... and looking to clone my HDD boot drive to SSD without.. needing an extra Cable to work like that.
You can usually find this out by looking at the part of the box that says "contents," but odds are it only has a cable to connect it to the computer itself.
Would it be worth a ps4 upgrade considering life expentancy, being that only downloading games here and there would be the only thing done on the SSD?
I guess the dislikes are because you say "M2" instead of "M dot 2"
But how would I know which interface my mother support?? Is there any software or i have to open the motherboard
run a program like speccy and it'll break out the motherboard configuration for you in all the details you need... you can match that up with product listings and know if you're good to go - or if you end up chatting online with their customer support and have the photo of that output so they can see it, they'll have everything they need to know. And in your case you can probably speak to them in a native language and be understood :D
Look at the motherboard documentation either in the box or the company's website