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Will this fit my laptop? Does it come with a cable to transfer the contents and programs on my current hard drive? Does moving my programs affect my licensed products? Thanks!by
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bamaward
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southland USA
8 years, 9 months ago
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No cables came with it when I bought it. I purchased a SATA and IDE bridge adapter a while back so I just used that. If you don't have one I highly recommend you purchase one.8 years, 8 months ago
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1) Yes (it is a slim 2.5 drive.)2) No
3) No (at least not most products, some might have weird licensing restrictions.
8 years, 8 months ago
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I have installed this in two different Toshiba laptops - both were running Windows 7 - you need to buy a cable to transfer (CLONE) the drive - Best Buy has a good one that comes with software for about $30 - You have to make sure you clean your old hard drive if it is bigger than 200GB or so - to keep all things working - you must CLONE the disk - not just copy it. A clone will copy everything including license info. When you are done the computer will boot once and re-license the new driver requiring a re-boot and then you are ready to go.by
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8 years, 8 months ago
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No cable, any SATA ext. cable will work. Just installed it on Satellite P855-S5200. All my programs transferred complete with no problems.by
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8 years, 9 months ago
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I put a Samsung SSD in a Toshiba A665 and had not problems with the fit. The Samsung SSD seems the same size as the Toshiba SSD. I was able to transfer licenses of Windows 8 and Office 2007.by
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8 years, 9 months ago
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Aloha:should fit your laptop, it does come with a spacer since this drive is only 7mm (if you bought a current model). Keep in mind your Satellite must have a SATA Interface (Preferably SATA3 for best performance).
It does not include any cables or the software to transfer. However, Toshiba does provide free software for you to download that will handle your migration to the SSD and yes, its free (no cable though).
Moving your OS and programs will not impact your licensing. Obviously, you need to use the same laptop...but no impact
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8 years, 9 months ago
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Will this work with a macbook pro and if i am using 500gb will i have a lot of space?by
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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YES!! I have one in mine and it is as fast as the newer retina models now...a great buy.by
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8 years, 7 months ago
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The drive is compatible.However, you say you are using 500GB and the drive you are looking at here is only 256GB so if you are already using 500GB, you need to look for a larger drive.
8 years, 8 months ago
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This will fit your MBP. But as far as storage goes, only you will know if you can deal with half the storage. As far as how much space you have after the OS install, I have around 200 GB available.8 years, 9 months ago
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Yes it will work with your MacBook Pro but it might be a bit loose inside the laptop as its a 7mm design, ultra thin, and I'm assuming this is not the same as the standard HDD or SSD size. I'm speaking from my recent experience.by
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8 years, 11 months ago
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No, 500 GB of data will not fit on a 256 GB Drive.by
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KevinATL
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Atlanta
8 years, 11 months ago
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Work with a Macbook?by
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Chris
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Anchorage
9 years, 2 months ago
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100%. I just did the upgrade and I am typing the review on the very computer I upgraded.8 years, 8 months ago
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It depends on the MacBook. New MacBooks have drives that are soldered in and the drives are NOT replaceable. Older ones may have IDE and not SATA interfaces.by
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Colorado
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8 years, 9 months ago
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Yes, Mac Books have used SATA drives since 2006, this should work fine.by
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Bismarck, ND
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9 years, 2 months ago
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No, this product is not compatible with the Macbook. This product will only work with the Windows Operating System version XP and later.9 years, 2 months ago
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Tom
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Liberty Hill, TX
8 years, 6 months ago
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I can't answer definitively but this drive does come with a 2mm spacer, in case the 7mm of this drive is too short.by
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8 years, 5 months ago
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yes, it certainly willby
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8 years, 6 months ago
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Should be an awesome SSD for your rig. You will need to use the enclosed spacer for it to fit into the bay.by
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Portland, OR
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8 years, 6 months ago
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It should as long as your hard drive is 2.5", 95% of all late model laptops are this size. Check your laptops specs in your manual or online to make sure.by
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Sacramento
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8 years, 6 months ago
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i have two ide 160gb hd drives purchased 2008what do i need to do to use these drives to replace ide drive in laptop
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Anonymous
9 years, 1 month ago
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You need to copy all the data from your old drives to your new drives.If one of them is a boot drive, you will have to utilize cloning software to clone that drive first. Then simply copy the data from the other 160GB hard drive once you boot from your new Toshiba SSD.
8 years, 8 months ago
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Aloha:hmm don't mean to sound rude, but, you should consider replacing your laptop rather than trying to upgrade it...while i'm sure it has served you well over the years...in my opinion...it is not worth the investment...
however, if you truly want to...you can see if they make a hard drive caddy for your model that has a SATA interface (for the SSD Drive) but has an IDE interface (to connect the caddy to the motherboard). You will get some performance gain, but not that much....they do make these caddys, but again not sure for your model..this will add to your investment (around $25 or less)
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8 years, 9 months ago
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Unfortunately if your laptop uses the older IDE standard, you won't be able to use this drive as it has the more modern SATA interface.8 years, 11 months ago
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IDE connections won't work with SSD, which use the SATA interface versus the older IDE. May be time to upgrade your laptop.by
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9 years ago
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can we install windows 10by
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Shoaib466
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Usa
8 years, 5 months ago
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You should be able to load windows 10 on it i did with a dell mini tower8 years, 3 months ago
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Windows 10 can be installed on SSD's. Since this a slimmer 7mm design, the drive comes with a mounting spacer for most laptops with traditional full-height 9.5mm bays.by
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8 years, 4 months ago
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Sure... it's no different then any other drive.. just way fasterby
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Washington
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8 years, 5 months ago
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I have a dell Studio XPS I bought in 2010. Hard drive crashed over the weekend.by
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LP
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Edwardsville IL
8 years, 6 months ago
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It sure will!!!by
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8 years ago
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If your laptop has a SATA plug for a hard drive, then it will work. Though laptops of that age typically do have SATA but not the fastest version.8 years, 6 months ago
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You go online to find out if your laptop is compatible with this drive...I've done it with 3 of my laptops (Dell, Fujitsu, and Lenovo) They work Great!!!by
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8 years, 6 months ago
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Anonymous
8 years, 7 months ago
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It can mechanically displace any 2 1/2 " drive; what you have to make sure for some older laptops is that the address capability, e.g. the Toshiba Satellite T135 cannot accept drive capacities above 320GB.by
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8 years, 7 months ago
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Yes, this product is compatible with laptops that use SATA drives.8 years, 7 months ago
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Thanks for your question. Yes, this solid state drive is compatible with the Satellite E205 laptops.by
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8 years, 7 months ago
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laptop is toshiba satelite m35x-s109pn psa72u-01300u
is there a ssd with PATA not SATA interface
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Anonymous
9 years, 1 month ago
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Aloha:Yes they do make SSD with PATA interface, but, they are considerably more expensive (just google PATA SSD) and the performance gain is not that much based on price/performance/storage size.
There is tons of varying opinions on this...so take my opinion with a grain of salt...
In addition, if you are not running Win7 or higher or linux...then that is another negative.. (I believe this laptop came with XP?)
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Pearl City, Hawaii
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8 years, 9 months ago
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No, standard IDE was mostly phased out before SSDs came to market. You would have to have SATA support to use them.9 years, 1 month ago
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Unfortunately Toshiba doesn't offer any solid state drives with a PATA or IDE interface.by
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9 years, 1 month ago
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will this SSD work in driveby
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Anonymous
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9 years, 1 month ago
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If your laptop has a SATA HDD it will work. It will not if its standard IDE. In most cases installation is easy and takes just a few minutes.9 years, 1 month ago
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I think you need to have SATA in your laptop.9 years, 1 month ago
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This Solid State Drive has a SATA interface. Typically, an IDE interface is the same as a PATA which would mean that this SSD is not compatible with your current laptop. Please post another question and state which Toshiba laptop model you currently use and I can give you an answer.by
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9 years, 1 month ago
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