I purchased this Crucial MX 500 SSD after a disappointing purchase and subsequent return of a Samsung 870 EVO SSD from another Amazon retailer. After a painfully long wait for the Samsung, the retailer sent me a used drive that had corrupt sectors which was discovered after a failed attempt to transfer the OS and subsequent drive health check. Needless to say I returned the Samsung and opted for a full refund.
The Crucial drive was received quickly and arrived with a sealed inner pack so I was assured that it was new. I originally ordered this drive to replace a mechanical drive on an HP Paviion g6 laptop that was taking over 7 minutes to boot and become fully operational. Initially I tried to copy the original Widows 10 files but unfortunately some files were corrupted despite my attempts to repair them prior to transfer. Due to the Widows10 file corruption, I opted to load Windows 10 from a product USB and the process was extremely easy. The MX 500 accepted the files without any issues. After removing and replacing the existing hard drive, I experienced boot times to fully operational in approximately 1:30 minutes. Not lightening fast but a great improvement over the mechanical drive.
Bottom line, the Crucial MX 500 performs flawlessly and appears to be a solid quality drive. Additionally, Crucial has partnered with Acronis and offers a free version of it's backup application to assist in the transfer of the original files to the new SSD. I would not hesitate to purchase another Crucial drive when upgrading any laptop or desktop in the future.
| RAM | 1 TB |
|---|---|
| Hard Drive | 1 TB Solid State Drive |
