SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive for Laptops

Its hard not to love any SSD, so unless it doesn't work, I think it should get 5 stars from the average user just because. I am a geek squad customer because I have 3 computers. I bought their annual plan. Since I don't have any hair left to pull out for all the DIY build and repair of my computers over the years, and the overall annual contract cost is incredible, I brought it to them. They installed it, loaded my recovery media I provided, reloaded my Windows 7 OS(best Windows OS ever), For FREE. Yes I paid for the contract but that's the deal! No more late nights repairing computers. Drop it off and let the smarties fix it. I took a computer that was ready to be environmental waste and now its like a brand new machine(this is the second HDD replacement to SSD they have done for me). There wasn't anything wrong with it but the SSD gave me a "new" computer. Once you go solid state you will never go spinny hard drive again.

I purchased this drive to speed up an "antique" laptop that was responding very slowly. The installation was painless due to the fact that all I had to do is remove one screw on the bottom of my laptop, swap out the drive and get back to work. I previously had Windows 10 on this laptop, but rebuilt it after installing the drive with Ubuntu Linux. I don't know if Linux, the drive or the combination of both is responsible for the lightning fast boot time, but I really don't care. Bottom line, it's fast. For the price, this was a very good way to put a little more life into an otherwise s l o w machine.

When purchased, I was not certain what might come with the drive regarding tools. Upon arrival, nothing was included - so, I purchased a SATA / USB connector and found a cloning software (free - Farstone, Drive Clone 11). I connected the drive and started up the cloning software. I was copying a 450 GB drive to the 250 GB SSD; but was only using 120 GB of storage. The software automatically reduced the drive size and commenced the cloning process; this took about 10 hours. Once completed, I swapped out the drive in my laptop and powered it up - VIOLA ...!! Everything worked beautifully - only at a fraction of the time.. DRAMATIC speed increase, not only at startup but also with everything else, including Web access. NOTE: I did get a 'popup' to upgrade the cloning software every time I booted; so I simply removed the software - problem solved. Additional Note: the drive on my laptop actually had 4 partitions .. the software copied them all and retained all the necessary order, size, and settings..

Ultra II line is the best performance for the money you can buy. This one was on sell. I own so many brands of ssd's and sandisk is one of my top picks. Although it is not a benchmark leader, it loads windows faster than any other drive I have. My old dell computer boost up fast.

Installed this on my 2011 MacMini (check out iFixit for an installation kit) and it's been a delight. If you're looking to upgrade from an HDD then just DO IT ALREADY. It doesn't bench as well as the Samsung 840/850 EVOs but it's less expensive and when you're comparing to an HDD the speed difference is minuscule. A marvelous upgrade that I highly recommend.

Highly recommend this ssd, it's affordable and quick. Reduced my boot up time on my laptop dramatically, my apps and programs now open up quickly. Great product.

I did a clean install of Windows from a Seagate mechanical drive with the SanDisk Ultra II 480GB on my 3 year old Alienware Aurora R4 PC. Absolutely amazed at the speed of this drive. My boot time when from 4 minutes plus to 20 seconds for Windows 10! The SanDisk optional software is great and easy to use. Just download it from the SanDisk site, but you don't need it at install or to run. Its great for doing periodical diagnostics and maintenance. The install was easy, but be sure if you are installing it into a PC, to buy a 2.5 to 3" drive bay tray mount. You can buy one for under 5-7 dollars. Also, if your PC or notebook is three years or older, make sure you can change the SATA mode in your bios to AHCI before installing or Windows won't install on it or boot.

I have tried many SSD brands and sandisk seems to be the best, other brands have stopped working or given me trouble within their warranty period, these types of drives boot up fast and shut down computer quick too and when you go to your music,pictures or documents folder they pop up fast whatever file your looking for also the drives stay cool compared to HHD , they are worth the little extra money to have computer run smooth.