Installation on my Dell XPS M1330 was straightforward.
Rather than cloning I used the more secure Backup / Recovery approach described in the include Acronis software users’ guide. I used a Western Digital My Book Studio for holding the backup. As this SSD had a bigger capacity than my existing HDD’s 320Gb, I had no need to shrink or omit anything
This worked well once the SSD had been initialised so that it was recognised by the system. This was not clear from the stand alone step by step description of the Backup / Recovery process.
My laptop running Windows 7 32bit now comes out of hibernation mode in a couple of seconds – very impressive & the SSD measured performance is now close to the Windows maximum. Subjectively it seems to have produced a much greater improvement in speed on this laptop than a previous in stallion of a similar but small SSD on my Windows 7 32 bit desktop. Not sure why – might be related to the amount of RAM 16Gb in the Desktop cf 4Gb in the laptop
The capacity of this SSD is easily sufficient to hold all my system, application & data files.
Overall I’m very satisfied.
| Brand | Crucial |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 13 x 1.91 x 13 cm; 140.61 Grams |
| Item model number | CT512MX100SSD1-NEW |
| Manufacturer | Micron |
| Series | MX100, 512GB |
| Color | - silver |
| Form Factor | 2.5 inches |
| Standing screen display size | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard Drive Size | 512 GB |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Connectivity Type | No |
| Power Source | No |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 141 g |
