Crucial SSD (Page 4): I upgraded my HP laptop from a 1TB internal hard drive to a 2TB internal Crucial SSD. It was literally a Plug and Play operation. The Crucial SSD came with...

jerryd49 Loc: Indianapolis, IN

Gatorcoach wrote:

Has anybody used, or know about, Crucial SSDs? They are doing a lot of advertising and have two models: X6 in plastic case and X8 in a metal case.

I upgraded my HP laptop from a 1TB internal hard drive to a 2TB internal Crucial SSD. It was literally a Plug and Play operation. The Crucial SSD came with Acronis True Image software, which made cloning the original hard drive to the SSD simple. It took a couple of hours for the cloning process, but once it was done, all I had to do was remove the old hard drive and plug in the SSD. I also installed 16GB of Crucial RAM. The performance gain between these 2 upgrades was astonishing. It used to take about 5 minutes to fully boot up this laptop from a cold start. Now it takes about 30 seconds and all applications run so much faster. Best upgrade I ever did on any computer I've EVER owned. Highly recommend Crucial products.

BebuLamar

DirtFarmer wrote:

Not so much today, which is why it gets very little use.

Any way if you said the SSD isn't as reliable as the HHD then it's not reliable at all. Most of my computers had the HHD failed before anything failed.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

BebuLamar wrote:

Any way if you said the SSD isn't as reliable as the HHD then it's not reliable at all. Most of my computers had the HHD failed before anything failed.

Most folks will find SSDs outlive the usefulness of their computers. Laptop drives fail most often from shock during use.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

BebuLamar wrote:

Any way if you said the SSD isn't as reliable as the HHD then it's not reliable at all. Most of my computers had the HHD failed before anything failed.

I didn't say the SSD isn't reliable. Reliability depends on usage more than construction.

Unless your hard drives failed from mechanical shock, the data could likely have been recovered. Hard drives have several failure modes since they have mechanical parts driven by electronic stuff. The electronics can fail. The mechanics can fail. Those things do not affect the data on the disk.

The SSD is all electronic. Failure of the electronics is the only failure mode. Failure of the electronics destroys the data. Failure of electronics tends to follow a bathtub curve: there's a nonzero possibility of infant mortality, but once you get past that they tend to last a long time.

If your hard drive fails, there's a possibility of recovering the data. If your SSD fails, there is no such possibility.

Your best strategy is backup, no matter what kind of drives you use for work.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

DirtFarmer wrote:

I didn't say the SSD isn't reliable. Reliability d... (show quote)

Catalog or directory failures are probably among the top frustrations with drives. Recovery is usually possible with the right utility software. That said, it has been several years since I've seen a catalog (directory) failure on any of my Mac drives. Modern MacOS does a much better job of behind-the-scenes housekeeping.

BebuLamar

DirtFarmer wrote:

I didn't say the SSD isn't reliable. Reliability d... (show quote)

The fact is that I don't own SSD long enough to know how reliable they are. I know from my experience with HHD that it's likely the first to go in a computer and if SSD is less reliable than HHD then it's reliability is quite low in my opinion.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

BebuLamar wrote:

The fact is that I don't own SSD long enough to know how reliable they are. I know from my experience with HHD that it's likely the first to go in a computer and if SSD is less reliable than HHD then it's reliability is quite low in my opinion.

We don’t have as much good long term data on SSDs as we do on HDs (they haven’t been around as long and the price/TB has kept them out of large server farms until recently), but from what we do have, SSDs are more reliable, not less.

BebuLamar

TriX wrote:

We don’t have as much good long term data on SSDs as we do on HDs (they haven’t been around as long and the price/TB has kept them out of large server farms until recently), but from what we do have, SSDs are more reliable, not less.

That's what I thought but others said otherwise.

Paul57 Loc: Birmingham, UK

Gatorcoach wrote:

Has anybody used, or know about, Crucial SSDs? They are doing a lot of advertising and have two models: X6 in plastic case and X8 in a metal case.

Bought a Crucial BX500 1TB SSD to replace a WD HDD running Windows 7. Put Windows 10 Pro onto the SSD, running now for over 6 months with no problems at all. Have used Crucial RAM chips before, again without problems.
Windows now boots up in seconds and the speed difference is dramatic (and lack of noise). Don't hesitate is my advice / experience.

Ratskinner Loc: Copalis Beach WA

I have upgraded my last two laptops with Crucial ssds and have had no issues. I also use a Crucial app
to transfer data from hhd and ssd to new ssds to gain storage space.

Lithoman Loc: Southern Indiana

I replaced the HDs of two laptops with internal Crucial SSDs about 2 years ago and have absolutley no problem with either one. I don't know about their externals, but am happy with what I have.

wiz302pa Loc: Henderson, NV

therwol wrote:

I have an "old" 240 GB Crucial SSD that ... (show quote)

You could use an iPad (Apple) and a $10 adapter to load your files directly from your SD cards. Then, view/edit using the on-board Photos (Apple) app.