![]() What You’ll NeedĪn SSD, of course. In addition to getting a drive with the right form factor and interface, you’ll want to get an SSD with at least enough room for the Windows partition and any system recovery partitions. Generally, 7mm, 2.5-inch SATA SSDs will fit even in the 9.5mm slots and some come with spacers for a tighter fit. Alternatively, you may be able to find this information by visiting Crucial’s Advisor Tool or looking at your current drive’s label: Open the access panel and look on the drive itself to see if it says 2.5-inch and SATA and what thickness you need. Laptops most widely use 2.5-inch SATA drives, but you should check your laptop manual or specifications to make sure you buy the right size SSD with the proper interface. Also, even 2.5-inch drives can have different thicknesses– 7 mm or 9.5 mm–and different interfaces (SATA or IDE, usually in laptops from 2008 or before). ![]() Most laptops have 2.5-inch drives, but ultraportable notebooks may use the 1.8-inch disk size. The other thing you’ll want to check before you go out and buy a replacement SSD is your drive’s form factor you need to make sure the drive will fit in the laptop.
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