Western Digital500GB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS500G3B0B

I installed the WD SA510 on 05-17-23. The installation went perfectly. The SA510 died 28 DAYS LATER on 06-14-23. The laptop would not boot up and the BIOS could not see the SSD.

I have an older HP notebook that ran unbelievable slow. I would turn it on and come back in five minutes and sometimes it still was not done booting up. Processes showed the hard drive constantly at or near 100%.I took it to a computer repair shop and he was able to clean it up and might have made it a little faster. They told me that the hard drive was functioning but starting to go. He suggested installing an SSD and cloning the old hard drive. I purchased this and used their software to make it a clone.It installed easily and cloned without a problem. I cannot believe the difference. I'm not sure because of how long ago it was, but I think is running faster than it did when it was new. I am Very happy with it.

I bought this to improve storage access speed in an ASUS GL552VW-DH71 laptop PC, which was always disappointingly slow, but had become almost unbearable over the years. I don't know what the problem was, maybe bad sectors and a lot of error correcting going on, but after starting up and logging in, hard disk utilization would be pegged at 100% for 5 - 10 minutes, even after de-fragging, so an SSD was the obvious way to go. 1TB is more than enough storage space for my needs in this computer, so at 80 bucks (I see it has gone up $10, but still a great price) this SSD fit the bill perfectly.Just as I had hoped, the PC is very usable now. Even though it is an "ROG" computer (Republic Of Gamers) I don't use it for gaming so I can't say how it would do there, I just use it for productivity apps and things like Audacity (audio editing), email, web surfing, viewing pics and videos, etc. and it works great now. This SSD is a very worthwhile upgrade from a magnetic hard drive.

After about 2 years the drive failed. But here's the real information you really need to know! SanDisk has now taken over any warranties for Western digital SSDs. I've been a western digital consumer for three decades never had a problem, but when I did it was simple, It's not anymore and you need to know this. All warranties for SSD now go through SanDisk. Typically a replacement hard drive from Western digital would be sent out to you and you would receive it in five business days, a month has gone by already! Now they will give you an option to pay $25 to actually get the service that you got years ago from Western digital, don't even do it! I'm not even going to go into details but what I can't tell you is that if you bought Western digital products for their warranty and return policy, forget about it! I was, and now I say was, a Western digital exclusive consumer but the nightmare that I'm going through right now for a simple warranty, it can't get any worse! And being a tech guy for over 30 years I would recommend buying anything that is Black labeled from Western digital if you are wanting performance and reliability also. One of the actual chips melted on this SSD. I may still buy Western digital, but quite honestly most SSDs have three to five years warranty and if you have to send one back for another manufacturer, I'm sure the process wouldn't be any worse than what I've experienced from Western digital. It's of right now, they don't even know what to the new SSD that was supposed to be shipped back and has a shipping label made but UPS still hasn't received it?

Western Digital has been around for decades. Today I'm not sure who manufactures the actual Chips, but I needed a few M.2 SSDs & since the SSDs came with the Western Digital Version of Acronis True Image Home, it was a no-brainer...I like Dell computers. I stayed with using Western Digital SSDs, and since the SSds come with the Acronis Cloning Software, it helped me out a lot. Because I've bought a number of used Dell Inspiron 13-7000 2-in-1 Laptops I've been buying, if they came with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed, the Microsoft Server wouldn't Activate Windows, even when I used my Dell-Branded Windows 10 Pro Installation USB Device. I kept getting the Counterfeit O.S. Software Warning.So if I needed to do a clean Install of Windows 10, and wanted to use the same Name, that matches my Microsoft Account, unless the Laptop originally came with 10 Pro, I'd have to do a reinstall of Windows 10 Home Edition. Sometimes not installing the correct O.S in the first place, leaves a small amount of data on the SSD, which can cause problems with the 2nd installation, using that same SSD. (At least that's been happening to me.) So if I didn't want all the headaches, I was way better off using Western Digital Storage Drives & the Acronis Software made for WD...Acronis is easy to use, but for those who are 2nd guessing it, I'll post some Step-By-Step Instructions.1: You'll have to have your Western Digital Blue Drive, (In my case, a 500gb M.2 SATA Solid State Drive.) & have it connected to your PC. If it's a Laptop, of course, you'll have to have it connected to an External Drive Enclosure...2: Install the Free Version of Acronis True Image for Western Digital Blue.3: As shown in the 1st picture, once on the main screen, look for ''Disc Clone''.4: Click on Disc Clone, then in the next window, choose ''Automatic'' & whether you want to copy the entire Storage Drive, or if you just want to copy the Operating System. (So far I've made 2 copies of my 1st Dell Inspiron 13-7378. One of the complete SSD & the 2nd one is just of the Operating System, (Windows 10 Pro).5: Either Click on ''Shut Down PC when finished, or leave the box unchecked. At any rate, you'll need to shut down the PC so you can disconnect your Cloned Drive, Plus the program will tell you if the Disc Clone was a success..6: If you know how to swap out your SSDs, then you can test it.Since I have 4 Dell Inspiron 13-7378 Laptops, I'm Cloning extra copies of my Windows 10 Pro Laptop..It took about 1/2 hour to clone a 256gb drive with 142gb of data on it, over to the replacement 500gb M.2. I'm actually using one of my Cloned M.2 SSDs now...I hope I was able to explain the operation well enough for you to do your own Disc Clone...So far I have purchased 5 500gb M.2 SSds, and will be getting some 1TB devices for some of mine &/or for my family members Laptops...