SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB 2.5-Inch SDSSDA-120G-G25 (Old Version)

This purchase was made to upgrade a PC desktop. I was using a 120-GB SanDisk Extreme. I upgraded the OS (WIN 7) from 32-bit to 64-bit. And I am waiting for the WIN 10 free upgrade to arrive. I needed the Free Space on a primary drive that this SSD did provide. I removed the older 120-GB SSD and plugged this in its place. With the PC Shut Down, I popped the DVD drive. Inserted the 64-bit install DVD and hit the power-on button. The OS installed quickly. About 20-25 minutes. I loaded the Intel Installation utility driver. And let Windows[tm] Update Service do the rest. (WUS) My PC has been rolled back to integrated audio and video--awaiting the WIN 10-update. Ill update PCI express later. I always use SanDisk for storage. I have never had a SanDisk failure. Even under trying conditions. My flash drives, camcorder SD, Digital still SD. SanDisk is always my first choice. === I bought another 240-Gb SSD This will upgrade a Win 7 32-bit to 64-bit and then Win 10. SanDisk is very much a favorite piece of hardware. I have never had a SanDisk product fail--in over 6-years.

If you are comparing many different SSDs like I did to replace your old/slow HDD, you probably stumbled across this one looking for a slightly more affordable option. Do not shy away from SanDisk just because they dont have the big flashy name and advertising like Samsung and others. This thing kicks butt. This SanDisk SSD has absolutely breathed new life into my old 2010 MacBook Pro. No more colorful pinwheels, and boot times that used to take 30 seconds now take 3. If you have a small screwdriver set, this is incredibly easy to install. Just do a video search for your specific computer type and changing the SSD and you will find many tutorials. For those questioning what size they should get, the 240GB is plenty for the average user who has a good chunk of saved files and overall applications. Those who need the 500+ GB models likely already know who they are (those running high end programs and those who store MANY videos/pictures on their computer). NOTE: Make sure to purchase a USB to Hard Drive cable so you can clone your current HDD and not lose anything (easiest way, in my opinion). I purchased this one and it worked flawlessly:

Overall I am very pleased with this Sandisk SSD. I had previously purchased other brands of SSDs for my personal machines, but a family members hard drive failed in their MacBook, and I decided a SSD fit the bill for a replacement. This particular user hardly uses any disk space. Their old stock drive was less than 25% full, and it was a 200GB drive. So I recommended this SSD, ordered it, and installed it. The user is extremely pleased with is performance. It used to take their Mac over a minute to start, but now it boots in 16 seconds flat. And when it is on and being used, the Macbook flies right along. It was an amazing speed boost. I am very satisfied with this purchase.

I bought it 1 year and 2 months ago to increment my old Thinkpad X201 notebook, which dates from late 2009/early 2010. I use Linux/GNU/Lubuntu with 8GB or RAM, and the machine just flies and performs better than many machines much younger than that. The SSD was the most beneficial update during all this time (yes, even counting the 4-8GB upgrade), as expected. I dont care about benchmarks, but you can find them, for this model, easily and anywhere. I always like to wait a reasonable time before reviewing fine electronics (or try to update the reviews as time goes by) in order to also evaluate its durability. Im glad to inform that it is still working just as well after more than a year. Therefore, Im satisfied.

Wow I really am impressed with this, I already have used SSDs before but never though the performance boost would be so insane! So basically I bought this to upgrade an ancient computer with a Pentium 4 HT in it, it previously had a noisy and slow 240gb Seagate Drive and boy was it slow, I had already upgraded my computer to use a SSD as the primary and loved the results, I however originally planned to buy a Samsung 850 Evo, but unfortunately they where sold out at the time, I was desperate for a SSD though so I said Hey SanDisk has been making solid flash storage for a while so why not give them a shot? So I did! Out of the box you get the SSD itself, some sort of plastic assume is for Laptop compatibility, and other basic stuff (No Sata cable included folks, you will have to provide your own), so to get everything done I simply cloned the drive and I was all set... but was I? Not really before you can take full advantage of an SSD you need to do a few things: 1.Disable Superfetch (SSDs are really fast and all superfetch does is add unnecessary R/Ws) 2.Install SanDisks SSD Software ( This really should be the last step but its not) 3.Opimize your drive (On Windows 8.1+ the Defrag option is replaced with an optimize option, I recommend you do this first) *If you are on Windows 7 and bellow please DO NOT DEFRAG you SSD, this only worsens its performance and basically kills it a bit* Boot speeds increased on this old system greatly, but more impressive is how a single SSD and no other change to this old system greatly improved its overall performance. So I would definitely recommend this product, specially by its pricepoint.

I bought 2 of these and used them to clone my wifes and my laptop hard drives so we could use the cloned drives to install the free Windows 10 upgrade and still have Windows 7 hard drives to go back to if we didnt like Windows 10. They worked great for that and these 240 GB drives have enough space for Win 10 and all the programs we need to run. My wife doesnt have a lot of other things stored on her computer so it was big enough for all her needs. I have terabytes of pictures, home movies and videos stored on a second 2 TB internal HD in my laptop and several USB HDs so the 240 GBs was plenty for my system drive. I would recommend these to anyone who needs a fast system drive without a large amount of on board storage.

I purchased this to upgrade a circa 2011 Toshiba Satellite which was expensive at the time but had become uncomfortably slow with to the original HDD. The laptop would take a few minutes to boot and the drive was pegged during any application launch. Resource monitor showed disk latency hovering in the 1000s and queue lengths over 50. In short, after logon and you had to start up your apps and walk away until it calmed down. CPU and memory usage were fine so this was clearly an IOPS problem. For under $70 I used this 240 GB SSD to turn the laptop into what feels like a new device. I had a copy of Acronis on a desktop so I used that to clone the partitions from the laptop HDD to the new SSD. Everything worked as expected and its like a new laptop now.

I installed this SSD in my laptop for my operating system and I have a 1TB hard drive for my data storage. My system (Windows 7) boots up in 20 seconds! This is super fast. With Hibernate disabled and the page file moved to the HDD, the whole Windows 7 only takes up about 30 GB. This is more than enough room for my programs. The SSD was really easy to install and I installed it in my Acer Aspire E5-573G-52G3 laptop and now it is a beast. It doesnt make any noise and it uses little power. If your computer is slow booting up, buy this SSD and use it for your primary operating system drive and use a HDD for your secondary drive you use to store files on. If your computer has a free SATA port, this would make a huge difference. Even if you have to remove your DVD drive, that is fine, an SSD is better than a DVD drive. Plus, just buy an external DVD drive for about 20-30 dollars and you will have a nice computer. In all, this is a good price for an SSD that will make your computer and programs start much faster. Browsers now load instantly!

Boot time on Windows 7 is 15 seconds at most, with an AMD 8370e processor and 12gb DDR3 ram. Most of the time Im first in-game on CSGO, and Im sure this drive has something to do with that. Negative part about this drive is it makes my Western Digital blue drive seem slow as a snail, and my laptops 5400rpm drive like a snail in molasses. Ive been debating buying a second one for my laptop, with the only thing stopping me being having to do a fresh install of Windows. If youre on the fence with an SSD, its a very noticeable and worthy upgrade.

This went in a laptop from 2010 (by then it was about 7-8 months on the market), and makes a WORLD of difference in speed and bootup time. I upgraded it to Windows 10 and the stock 250GB hard drive was on the slow and unresponsive side. I used a cloning software and in 40min, cloned the drive to the SSD and swapped it inside. I opted for the 120GB capacity because I dont use this laptop as my main machine and didnt need a ton of space. Now my laptop boots in less than 20 seconds!