Question 1

Does this drive come with a spacer to fit 9.5 mm laptop chassis?

Accepted Answer

No spacer.  You can buy one separately, for instance made by XtremPro.  Or you can go to the craft/hobby shop, buy 3/32" thick (2.381mm) balsa wood sheet, and cut with a sharp knife.  If you really want that last 0.119mm, then add an index card.  In both cases, cut out the center, leaving a ring 1/4" wide along the edge.

Question 2

Do mounting screws come with this? If not, what size screw should be used?

Accepted Answer

Doesn't include screws. If you are replacing a drive, you can re-use the old screws. Don't have the size handy, but it uses the same size screws as any other drive.

Question 3

My hard drive (1 TB HDD) just failed. Can I easily replace it with this one and do a fresh install of Windows 10 on it with no issues?

Accepted Answer

Short answer yes you can replace an HDD with an SSD and install windows 10 on it. Long answer, as long as you have mounting provisions for a 2.5 inch SSD in your case (desktop HDD are usually 3.5 inch) you will also need your product key for windows 10. Beside these considerations, you will be happy with an upgrade to SSD and windows 10 should automaticly recognize an SSD and optimize itself for SSD use.

Question 4

Is this solid state drive compatible and up to date for a new Dell XPS 8910 desktop computer with Intel core i5 6400 processor?  I would like to know so that a friend can add it to their new computer.

Accepted Answer

Yes, it should be compatible as long as you have extra SATA ports on the mother board, which I believe it does, but open it up to be sure. Also, not knowing your or your friends experience, it could be a bit difficult to move the operating system from the original hard drive to the SSD. It's been years since I had a mainstream computer so I don't know how difficult they may have made it now to transfer the operating system. Hope this helps.

Question 5

hey guys is it an actual sticker on the front of this thing that i can peel off?

Accepted Answer

yes it is a sticker but like mentioned above it is the label. if you just want to remove it for some reason I'm sure that's not hard. might void the  3 year warranty

Question 6

Does it come with a cable to connect it to the motherboard?

Accepted Answer

No, no cable was provided.  I dug one out of the junk drawer, but then my co-worker chastised me and said I needed to get one rated for 6 Gb/s.

Question 7

Is this faster than the samsung 850 evo?

Accepted Answer

The sequential read is faster than some Samsung 850 evo, but slower than others, as the 250MB Samsung lists 510MB/s and the 1TB lists 540MB/s. The sequential write speed is just slightly slower at 500MB/s than the evo's 520MB/s. I can't really comment on the random read/write performance as I didn't record those numbers when I tested it a few months back.

Question 8

Is this drive compatible with other cloning software besides Acronis True Image?? It seems that reviewers who bought this to clone their boot drive have problems with Acronis, so I want to use different software to clone my boot partition.

Accepted Answer

clonezilla - free, open source, takes some studying but can do it all.
For my install of this drive I went to linux, so didn't need to clone.
If you're installing windoze a clean new install is always better (gets rid of the dust bunnies).
HTH

Question 9

Is this hard drive compatible with a mid 2010 MacBook Pro?

Accepted Answer

Yes this is compatible with MacBook - Sata is Sata regardless of PC or MAC - The file system will need to be created for the Mac OS. Be sure you have a bootable Mac disk to prep or reload the drive.

Question 10

what type of memory, tlc or mlc or other?

Accepted Answer

WD went with a Marvell 88SS1074 4-channel controller and SanDisk 15nm 3-bit per cell (TLC) NAND Flash for this series.

Brand	Western Digital
Series	Blue
Model	WDS250G1B0A
Device Type	Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Used For	Consumer

Form Factor	2.5"
Capacity	250GB
Memory Components	2D NAND
Interface	SATA III

Max Sequential Read	Up to 540 MBps
Max Sequential Write	Up to 500 MBps
4KB Random Read	Up to 97,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write	Up to 79,000 IOPS
MTTF	1,750,000 hours

Power Consumption (Idle)	4.9-6.0mW
Power Consumption (Active)	Average Active: 70mW Max Read Operating: 2.35W Max Write Operating: 3.4W
Operating Temperature	0°C ~ +70°C
Storage Temperature	-45°C ~ +85°C
Max Shock Resistance	1,500G @ 0.5 msec half sine
Max Vibration Resistance	Operating: 5.0 gRMS, 10-2000 Hz Non-operating: 4.9 gRMS, 7-800 Hz

Height	7.00mm
Width	69.85mm
Depth	100.20mm
Weight	37.40g

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