27.4.2016

Samsung 2.5 inch 1 TB 850 Evo Solid State Drive Installed it in a Sony VGN-NR21J laptop which I had moved over to Windows 10 from Vista via Windows 7. The original drive was 180 GB or there about this 1TB SSD.Having read some of the reviews on here I sensed that you needed the most recent migration Samsung tools so before the package arrived downloaded and installed the latest copy of the Samsung Migration tool and Magician of the net (v3.0 and 4.9.5 resoectively), read the PDFs. The DVD in the package was old with the older versions so skipped installation of this using what I had downloaded. Yep, it does now work with Windows 10.On my Sony I don't have a complicated boot partitions so I had no issues with the disk copy and the supplied software - note the documentation does warn about issues if you have complicated partitions - best to read it as you prep up for the process.A tip: This I didn't do, the Magician software allows you to benchmark and fine tune of the device. A useful thing is to benchmark your current drive but obviously if you don't do it before installing the SSD then you can't do it later unless you take it back out. So suggest you benchmark your existing device for comparison purposes before extracting it.As has been said older laptops have Sata 3 GB/s motherboards rather than 6, but this works fine with the older standard. On the question of cables and stuff, no Samsung don't provide a USB cable and plug for the migration. I already had a Startech USB drive dock, upright device that you place drives vertically into and it takes 2.5" drives as well as 5" - so didn't have to buy anything. Effectively the migration runs as if you are doing a back up, but isn't and you do need to close down stuff you don't need. It warns you. You dont see the drive mounted via the file manager only through the migration software. Your trust is in that for error correction etc.The migration went well taking about 4 hours or so - here again USB 2 on the Sony, not 3 so it's a bit slower. Took the Sony apart using one of the published instructions on the net, 21 screws, you don't need to remove the keyboard or DVD drive as one erroneous net page showed. Just remove the battery, leads, can leave memory in if you aren't going to wear man made fibres etc during the process and skid around on the carpet. Did it on the worktop in the kitchen using a saucer for the three screws - putting a tabled piece of masking tape by each of the three screws, the other 18 you tape into the base with masking tape so they are ready to go back in when you re assemble, saves fiddling with little screws and dropping them - useful hint from the net.Installed fine although the Windows 10 rotation stopped, think it was checking the motherboard details after the hard drive had been removed I think following Microsoft license rules. It started with a white bar at the bottom but the screen did move up. Here again don't know whether this was a Windows 10 thing of having the drive swapped or the battery pulled. It fixed it's self and reboots fine now without a hitch.On the Magician it didn't want to do Write Catch buffer citing drivers. I doodled with the prefetch / super fetch checking the performance figures (I see this menu option is reversed, I thought it was unreadable, people say don't worry about it since Windows 10 knows how to deal with SSDs so leave catching on). Currently on Advanced after it didn't like the Maximum Performance option for said reasons. Looking at other peoples performance they have published in the reviews I'm about right.I did edit the Virtual Memory of Windows to min 200, max 1 GB with the 2GB memory I have have. The automated one had set my catch at 6GB which I deemed to be too big. The parameters I used were inline with Samsung's recommendation for 4 GB system but I halved the the max to 1GB which was inline with the Microsoft suggestion. Not sure where the 6GB came from. After a day or so I reverted back to automatic allocation via Windows 10, so ignoring Samsung guidance on this. Didn't make much difference on performance accept that doing the "spooling" (early 1970s computer talk but probably still used today ;) - no virtual memory by those Americans) to 1 GB fixed file size led to Windows complaining about memory - Firefox beta is a bit hungry, so on that basis reverted back to automatic allocation of virtual memory.It's all good. Pretty snappy on boot up. I do a certain amount of mapping where large volumes of map tiles are moved about so this should be a help plus the extra space that I'm getting. The system was grinding away slowly. Coming out of hibernate it's really fast. Think the issue is we are use to SSD performance on our tablets and phones and now expect it on our laptops and desktops.On benchmarking I didn't benchmark the drive I took out as mentioned above but I did bench mark another laptop (Dell) of the same vintage using the Magician software, this indicated that the device had a sequential read / write throughput that was 15 times greater than the HD drive and on random reads and writes, 110 times faster. Fairly staggering increase in performance on a like for like basis.

7.11.2015

Being the kind of person that spends a ridiculous amount of time researching tech before parting with my money, I am very happy with this drive.When you purchase a SSD, you need to keep a few things in mind. If you need to store around 200gb, then a 250gb drive will not do and you will need 500gb. Always aim to have double the space required. These are not like traditional hard drives. The fuller the drive, the more of a performance hit you get. Don't get me wrong, even with the performance hit, it will still make your old HDD feel like a waste of space, but if you are shelling out the money, then why not get the benefits.Once the drive is installed and configured correctly (using the Samsung Magician tool),you will end up with a usable partition of around 420gb. This is down to a couple of things. The first is your OS. Windows will kindly snatch around 33gb for things like FAT tables, hidden partitions and the obligatory space conversion (you know, the one where a gigabyte is not actually a gigabyte - this is the same on all drives, HDD and SSD). Samsung will then recommend a 10% buffer to help maximise life and performance. This is obviously optional and the percentage can be configured.At this point you may be thinking "what a rip off". It's just the way it is unfortunately. The thing you have to remember is that you may still be able to use your old HDD to store files. The benefits of SSD are mostly felt when booting and loading applications (unless you are loading large files - say 50gb+, in which case storing these on there would be good as well), so using your SSD to contain your OS and frequently used applications is where you will really see the difference. All your files (photos, music, etc..) can sit on your old drive.If you are installing into a PC then keeping both drives should be easy. If you are installing into a laptop, then some laptops will allow 2 drives and the ones that don't, you could see if there is a optical drive bay replacement. This is basically an adapter that you can use to hold a 2.5" drive where the CD/DVD drive goes (lets face it, those CD/DVD drives are being used less and less). Alternatively, you could buy an external drive bay and stick your old drive in that (this is available for both PC and Laptop).Things to note: If you are installing into a PC, you will probably need a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket (unless your chassis has an area for mounting 2.5" drives). If you are planning to keep your old drive, then you will need to purchase an additional SATA3 cable for your new SSD. This drive only comes with the drive and software. You do not get screws, USB adapter (used to migrate data in accordance with the instructions) or fancy stickers.The instructions state to use the USB adapter if you are using the partition migration software (supplied), but this is not the only way to do this (unless you are looking to migrate your partition on a laptop).I would always recommend installing your OS as a clean install in situations like this. To do this, install the SSD into your PC ensuring that you have connected it to the SATA-1 port and moved your old drive to the SATA-2 port (the number is just the port number and does not dictate the SATA version so don't just go and plug it into the SATA-3 port because the drive is SATA3). Leave your old drive in place but unplug the power cable (the larger of the two). Check to make sure your bios is set to the correct drive mode. Install your OS from either a bootable USB key or CD depending on what your have (if you are using Windows 10, then you can create a bootable USB key using the Microsoft Windows 10 Media Creation Tool downloadable from Microsoft). Once your OS is installed, shut down and reconnect the power to your old drive and switch back on. You should now be able to move your old files to your SSD. Once you are happy that you have everything you need from your old drive, you can remove all the partitions off it (using EaseUS Parition Master Free Edition) and then create a new partition that will allow you to use the whole drive for storing your files and data.If you are really sure you want to just migrate the partition, then you can use the software provided. You will need to google any further information on how to accomplish this.I cannot state enough how important it is that you back up your files. This is not something that should be done just for this task, but should be done always. Cloud backup storage is ridiculously cheap now with services like Amazon S3 and software like CloudBerry Desktop Backup, so there is no excuse! Remember, you may be able to download all your music collection again, but you can't replace all those photos! Backing up 25gb will set you back about 20p per month for storage. That's probably less than the value of those copper coins you hate receiving so much.

30.11.2015

I have a HP pavilion 2230 laptop which I bought in 2009 which I am generally pleased with and didn't want to buy a new machine for Windows 10.The machine came with 2X2GB of Ram(4GB) so all slots used up and a 320 GB hard drive. Windows 7 was pre installed. The main niggle I had with the machine was the time it took to load up from start and the loading of programmes. Another issue was that in hot weather it overheated. I therefore opted for a hard drive upgrade to try and speed up the machine prior to conversion to windows 10.The hard drive in the pavilion is accessed by the removal of a panel on the underside of the laptop that is held by 3 screws on the left hand side of the panel The two screws on the right hand side are slightly recessed and do not hold this panel.Removal of the panel needs a little bit of force from the left hand side which then allows the tags on the right hand side to be rotated out to remove the panel.The original hard drive is 9mm in depth and the Samsung EVO drive is 7mm. This is not an issue as the caddy holding the drive will align the edge connector into the correct position when the drive is secured into it. Prior to the removal of the original drive in its caddy from the laptop requires the removal of two rubber bungs which provide anti-shake protection. Mark the position of these bungs on the caddy as their location is important to allow the rear panel to be refitted.The drive comes with a disk that contain software to allow the cloning of the current disk on the laptop onto the EVO drive prior to fitting. The software provided on this disk may not be the latest so ignore it and go to the Samsung site and download the latest versions. The software gives options regarding which drives to clone. The easiest was is to clone the hard disk as is but you may not want the win 7recovery partition if upgrading . To clone your current hard disk you will need an external disk caddy which allow the EVO drive to be connected to a USB or a eSATA port. This equipment is not provided with the drive so must be bought separately. Cloning time is dependent on the amount of data you have (3 hours + on USB in my case). Following cloning the disk is ready for fitting into the laptop. When fitted the disk booted up successfully and ran windows 7 successfully. The problem occurred when I tried to upgrade to windows 10. Windows software produces an additional small partition for its internal use. When the software was cloned it cloned the small partition but did not name it correctly. To correct this you need to go into Disk Management where you will see a small partition (100mb in my case) and rename it SYSTEM. This then allowed the system to be upgraded to Windows 10.The Samsung EVO has enhance the performance of the HP2230 significantly. The HP2230 internal SATA bus is only level 2 (3Gb) so the full potential of the EVO is not used. Looking at Samsungs magician software I am achieving about 45% of the maximum quoted speed for sequential read and writes and about 30 % on the random read and writes . This is still significantly faster then the response from the hard drive that was replaced. Using the windows 7 performance rating tool the hard drive performance went from 5.9 to 7.8 . Strangely the read/write performance figures were slightly higher and more consistent with Windows 7 than with Windows 10.Overall a good upgrade for the price. Upgrading the Ram to 8Gb would have cost about the same but I doubt it would have provided the same level of performance improvement. The one star is removed because of the software not cloning the disk correctly to allow for a smooth transition to windows 10. I don't know if the overheat problem has been helped but the "on battery" time seems to have improved slightly (before just under 2h now just over).

24.7.2016

SYNOPSISI purchased a Samsung EVO 850 2.5" 500GB about a month ago and all I can say is that I'm really pleased I did. It brought my old machine back from the dead! But, because the hard disk on a computer is a well known bottle neck, my machine now runs faster than ever. I wish I could upgrade the screen just as easy. SSDs are expensive at the moment because they are relatively new, especially if you want or need to go above 500GB. But, I can highly recommend fitting one, you won't regret it - I'm never going back to mechanical hard disks!MY STORYI purchased the Samsung EVO 850 to fix a Samsung NP350V5C-A06UK (x64) laptop, with an Intel i7-3630QM CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard disk,that is now just over four years old (purchased late December 2012). It was a great machine, quick and powerful, and I had upgraded it to Windows 10 from Windows 8. At first everything seemed okay, then it started running slow, then things really went down hill. It would boot-up into the BIOS screen or take 30 minutes to start Windows 10! The Windows Event Viewer had tons of errors and I spent weeks/months trying to fix them, but all to no avail, they would just come back the next day! In the end I bit the bullet and reinstalled Windows and it seemed okay. But, the very next day all the problems had returned. It was really annoying when I needed to do things in a rush, you end up shouting at an inanimate object! I felt like putting my fist through the screen on many occasion, but, I know, that would have been a stupid thing to do.I suspected that it maybe the hard disk but the S.M.A.R.T hard disk utility said everything was hunky-dory. So much for S.M.A.R.T technology! It would also boot-up in to the BIOS, which usually means the CMOS battery is dead and the BIOS settings have been wiped. When you next boot-up you usually have to set the clock manually, then save and exit, but the clock setting on my computer was okay.In the end I decided to go for a new SSD hard disk to try and rescue the machine. It arrived quickly and I fitted it straight a way and then reinstalled Windows 10 from a USB memory stick. After Windows had finished the machine booted-up quickly, so that was a relief, but would it last. I checked the Event Viewer and everything seemed okay. I went through a number of on/off cycles and the machine was booting-up in 10 seconds on every occasion. Fingers crossed, I tried again the next day and got the same result, 10 seconds to boot into Windows - whoopee! The machine has been running perfectly for the last month, in fact it's like a new machine. Not only does it boot-up quickly, but everything opens instantly. I used to be afraid to turn my machine off because I knew it would take an age to reboot, but now there's no problem.One thing that was annoying when trying to diagnose the problem with my old hard disk is that it was affected by different temperatures. When trying to boot-up the machine after it had been left over night in a cold room was a nightmare. Even when it eventually warmed-up it was still very slow, but I thought there were other factors causing it, such as, upgrading to Windows 10. When I search on-line for help everyone seemed to blame Windows 10 for all their woes. Windows 10 runs just fine and boots-up in 10 seconds on a good machine. If you're having a problem with your machine the odds are it's the hardware causing it, and the usual suspect is the hard disk.I've now got to get all my data of the old hard disk before it fails completely, which will take ages. Mechanical hard disks are pretty reliable but this is the second hard disk I've had fail over the years, the first one died without any warning! SSDs are more reliable but in the future I'll be looking at a more secure way of backing-up my data.

17.8.2015

I wreck hard drives. I fill them up with junk I don't use, games that I don't play too often, and generally stuff that inevitably makes the hard drive amazingly slow at the end of it."What does any of that have to do with this product", you may be saying to yourself.Well, allow me to answer.You see, this is a 'solid state drive', which is essentially a storage device similar to something like a USB flash drive, but larger and designed for heavier use than a USB drive, which should only see occasional use.This differs from a regular hard drive for a variety of reasons:1. An SSD has no moving parts, everything going on by way of electronic signals,whilst the hard drive uses a mechanical magnetised arm that reads and writes data to mirror-sheen platters, which is invariably slower.2. Because the SSD has no moving parts, it can read and write simultaneously, whilst the HDD has either read or write at any one time, and consequently results in slower read/write speeds than an SSD.3. Because the SSD has no moving parts, you don't need to be concerned about shocks, accidental drops or general wear and tear, since it's all stored electronically. The HDD, on the other hand, whilst great for mass storage, is heavy, and can be easily damaged by heavy shocks or even dropping it on the floor.Of course, this is a review, so I'll get to it now.The Samsung 850 Series is the latest in a line of SSDs from Samsung, split into the EVO and the PRO forks.As the name implies, the PRO SSDs are designed for heavier use than what the EVO SSDs are, but even for productivity, the EVO drives stack up amazingly well, with the use of a few really innovative technologies.Firstly is the use of V-NAND. V-NAND is Samsung's proprietary own NAND Flash method, which involves stacking NAND cells in small layers one atop another, to create a high density storage module. This not only allows for the use of space in the storage device, but it also allows for much larger capacities, more reliability with a greater lifespan, and reduced power consumption.This is what makes 2TB SSDs possible, because otherwise, there would not be enough space on the circuitry for NAND chips to be placed. Because this is possible, though, we are now in the moment when SSDs are truly affordable in higher capacities.The version I have is the 500GB version. but most of the 850 EVO lineup is similar to one another.Sequential read and write speeds sit at around 540MB/s and 520MB/s respectively, which in SSD terms is REALLY REALLY FAST. The 850 lineup is one of the best performing SSD lineups out there, and this shows it. Whilst the PRO lineup is a little faster, the difference isn't massive, though it's not really the intention of the 850 PRO line.Having used it for a while, I do not regret the £135 I spent on it whatsoever. It has been the best decision I made for my computer, because it allows me to install Windows, all the programs that I use on a regular basis, and even be able to store a good few games on it without a single problem.It performs amazingly fast, with a significantly reduced boot time to a few seconds from upwards of a minute, and whilst I can't comment on its longevity, I have no worries that this drive will last me a good few years, for one good reason: IT HAS A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY.Perfect.Despite this review not being one regarding longevity, the fact this has such a good warranty and is incredibly fast is already brilliant. This gets the full five stars from me, simply because as SSDs go, this is among the best available.

26.9.2018

... is for those people who, like me, want to clone an HDD but are not sure how to go about it. It is not for the technologically minded amongst you who want to know the results of this or that benchmark test: I have no idea whether this drive is as fast as it is advertised or anything like that.What I DO know, however, is that two of these little beauties have boosted my ailing laptops and I can now boot from cold to a useable desktop in under thirty seconds (with it previously being closer to eight minutes !).I realise that the best way to install windows is as a clean installation but I had so many applications on both my laptops that would have proved problematic to reinstall (yes,even with Ninite and the like) and so I opted to clone the HDDs instead.I had already experimented with Macrium ... and Easus ... and Aomei and every single time I tried to clone a disk it would appear to work but then I could not boot from it. Believe me, I tried - hours and hours and hours of trying ... and trying again.And then I purchased this item and, as it was the manufacturer's own product, I downloaded and installed Samsung's Data Migration software. Well, I could not believe the difference. (For your information, I also tried the Magician software but it listed this item as 'incompatible' (?!) - what a joke as this is one of the model numbers listed as supposedly working with the programme. Consequently, I do not recommend Samsung's Magician.)Whereas with the other brands of software listed above I had to put ticks in this box or that box or drag and drop what elements of the HDD I wanted to clone, the Data Migration programme was something else. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is plug in this SSD to a USB port (2 or 3 - it did not matter much at all) using an appropriate converter (I used this: USB 3.0 to SATA Adapter Cable for 2.5" SSD/HDD Drives - SATA to USB 3.0 External Converter and Cable,USB 3.0 - SATA III converter (SATA-USB 3.0 converter cable)) and run the software. It immediately recognised the HDD as the source and detected this SSD as the destination disk and all that I needed to do was click on 'Start' !! And that was it. After less than two hours (six in one case as I was using a USB 2.0 connection and had much more data to copy) the software concluded (without a single error message) and prompted me to shut down and install the SSD in place of the old HDD.I was SO happy that it worked flawlessly both times. Yes, I didn't TOUCH my machine while the cloning took place and was very careful not to interfere with it in any way but the truth is I don't know if that made any difference.I now have two vastly improved laptops which still contain EVERYTHING I wanted them to; I have not noticed one single thing that has gone awry or is missing in either case.I have no idea about the longevity of this item - and, as is my wont, I will update this review if either starts to misbehave or ceases to function - but, for now, I have no qualms about wholeheartedly recommending both this SSD and the Data Migration software ...FV

31.8.2016

I've installed this into a HP Envy DV6 and it completely transformed my laptop. I'd wouldn't say the laptop was slow to start with, but now the sheer speed of booting up Windows or launching a program is astounding. I can boot the laptop from complete shutdown to ready to go in about 8 seconds, Photoshop opens up in less than four.I've heard reports from people claiming it extends the battery life on their laptops but I think it's relative. The power draw is probably the same as a standard hard drive but where you will find battery gains is through productivity as you save a lot of time in how fast programs open or how quickly files save. Battery life on the HP Envy was terrible to start with,but less waiting time makes it seem a lot more usable.I've had this installed for almost a year at the time of writing and it's still going strong. I just did a quick check of a few programs and they still open very quickly. Microsoft Word and Excel open up to their home screens in under two seconds. Photoshop still opens up in under four. The laptop is over three years old and these speeds are miles ahead of any desktop or laptop with a standard hard drive I've used recently.Disclaimer:Although I'm not an expert in computer maintenance I do know my way around PC and laptop hardware and am not afraid to do complete Windows re-installations or replace parts. This was not the easiest piece of kit to install. You really do need to know your stuff to install one of these. Some laptops will be easier to install than others. For example, the software that Samsung supplies to transfer your data over to the new drive before installation is of no use whatsoever for this HP laptop (and may be the case for other generation HPs). The Samsung software allows you to completely move two partitions from your old drive to the new one. If I look on My Computer I can see only two partitions (My C drive and a D drive called Recovery). This may seem fine - I have two partitions and I can move two. BE WARNED! If I check in Disk Management my laptop has seven partitions, with five that are not accessible from File Explorer and the laptop needs to see all of these partitions to boot up. This may be particular to HP laptops - your mileage may vary! If in doubt get someone who knows what they're doing to install it for you. I had to use a piece of third party free software to transfer the data over (EaseUS disk copy). With some manufacturers you may be able to shove the SSD straight in and install from the boot disk, but apparently HP won't play so nicely.Despite that, I'm still giving it five stars as I had one morning of messing about for months (and hopefully years!) of hassle free usage.The particular model SSD I bought did not come with a data transfer cable. I used VicTsing 5Gbps USB 3.0 to SATA 22 Pin Adapter Cable With USB Power Cable For 2.5" Hard Disk Driver and it worked first time.

14.5.2015

I bought this to inject a bit of renewed vigour in to a Thinkpad W500 laptop. It is a few years old now, but was a top notch machine when new, and is still no slouch by any means, but the 7200rpm Toshiba disk has always been a bottle neck, and sometimes it gets bogged down for minutes when windows is doing whatever on earth it does now and then...I bought a cable so I could attach the drive externally via usb in order to clone the old disk to it. First off, I used the supplied Samsung utility. This will only let you copy the partition the operating system is in, plus one other. Like many laptops, this one has a couple of hidden partitions for booting and also to hold a factory image so it can be refreshed if required.

23.1.2017

This Samsung 850 M.2 SSD was a perfect upgrade for my 20 year old son's new Dell Alienware 15 gaming laptop (model revision 3, new from November 2016). Granted this Samsung 850 SSD has now just been replaced by the updated Samsung 960 EVO M.2-2280 1TB PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive, but at the cheaper price of £268.50 over Christmas this 850 M.2 format 1Tb SSD drive was a snip compared to the £400 plus Dell wanted to charge us the addition of a 1Tb SSD drive (that may have even been 2x500Gb M.2 hard drives in raid for all we knew, as the Alienware 15 R3 has two free M.2 PCIe slots for SSD drives inside the chassis/case, as well as a slower and smaller mini sized mSATA SSD slot).

25.4.2015

I bought this Evo 850 (250GB) SSD for my Toshiba A665-11z (5 years old) which has good hardware specs (i7 /8GB RAM) except the HDD (9.5MM) which was 5400RPM. I used to turn my laptop on, put my login details in and leave the laptop for 10 minutes because it was not usable as i could not even open windows explorer.Upgrading OS from Windows 7->8->8.1 did not make any difference neither did the RAM upgrade from 4GB to 8GB.After comparing OCZ, Sandisk and few models by Crucial with Samsung Evo, I finally decided to go for this Samsung SSD knowing that my laptop supports SATA2 which would not give me the highest read / write speed this SSD offers and i could save £20 by buying one of the listed brands.

25.11.2015

I bought this SDD to replace a failed HDD in my old laptop and it has met all my expectations.It came packaged in the cardboard Amazon packet. The product box came in a plastic bag. It is easily small enough to fit through most letterboxes so I needn't have bothered waiting around for the postman! I was struck with how light it is, more than half the weight of the 500GB HDD that I was replacing. Despite its weight, the drive feels solid and quality.Installation was very easy. You will need a mounting bracket to hold this in place inside your laptop case. This is not included with this product, but if you are simply replacing an old drive, this is not an issue. (If you are adding an additional drive to your laptop,

16.7.2015

Surprisingly light drive. Very fast. Big enough to replace my main drive in my laptop. I was able to connect it to a second drive bay and copy over using the Samsung Data Transfer software included - it worked fine, even with my multiple partitions and Samsung laptop recovery partition but at one point it said it was copying the "850 EVO" to the "850 EVO"... it wasn't, but I think it may have been confused because the source drive was EXACTLY the same size as the SSD it was copying to.It took a long time to do the initial copy (3.5hrs for 1Tb over a direct SATA 3 link to each drive) because of the slow hard drive it was copying from, but it copied all the partitions properly (resizing one a little en-route,

15.3.2016

Excellent SSD. It comes also with some SW presumably aimed at cloning the old HD but I cannot comment on it since I did not use it.The SSD has transformed my iMac and I really think that any El Capitan Mac user needs an SSD main drive these days.My experienceI used the SSD to replace the HDD of my iMac which after installing EL Capitan OSx became very slow at booting up.I did a new clean install of El Capitan OSx10.11.3 and the booting time improved dramatically. It is now 40-50 sec in order to reach the state of full usability (and about 15-20 sec to reach the first login page and being already useable). It used to be 20 min to reach some decent usability and about 1 hour(!)

3.3.2016

So far seems good - installed yesterday. Some reviewers seem to have had trouble with the supplied software but for me it worked very well. The data migration programallowed me to clone the existing 560Gb spindle disc (Lenovo G575 laptop) onto the 250Gb SSD. Moving data from a larger to a smaller disc had been my main worry when deciding to buy the SSD.I had a little trouble at the beginning because THE migration software would only create two disc partititions on the SSD but my old disc seemed to have four partitions. However on looking at the documentation (pdf) it told me that the first (boot) partition would automatically be copied onto the ssd and it would want to discard the One Key Recovery partition.

13.1.2017

If you are looking to CLONE you existing SSD onto a larger SSD read this!My laptop was teetering on the edge of filling its factory 192gb SSD. I have wanted to upgrade to a larger SSD and clone all of my data so it worked exaclty as before, but with more memory. After putting it off for fear of losing some settings/anything important the time came when I could wait no longer.If you are looking to CLONE your current SSD to a larger one, read this!The cloning was so easy. Here's how it works.- Insert the included software DVD, if it needs to update the software to the latest version, let is do so.- Hook the new SSD drive to your computer via one of these Sata to usb cables Sabrent USB 3.0 to SSD /

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