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While the 'Green' series is advertised as a second order SSD in their product range, as with all Western Digital products, they seem to under promise and over deliver. If you haven't done the upgrade yet, then do so ASAP, you wont be disappointed.
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My power supply isn't too well and required two boots to start the PC HDD. I had difficulty in finding a replacement. Replacing the HDD with a SSD meant the PC required less power to start and it now boots first time.
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The disk itself is NOT bad for a cheap class. This is a rebranded "blue", until recently with the SanDisk controller. My firmware was ok. I've run a quick speed test. I knew the data would not be the same as the advertised - but I'm disappointed in the weaker performance than expected. In fact, the cold start and the extinguishing of the machine are "hurried" obviously, in the work and the programs - there is no "magic" sensation. Win Expirience index did not move even with 1/10. But I was really startled by the "support". The necessary "Dashboard" does not go. From the pdf-guide (from their site: download, read, useful) I learned that a patch from M.soft is needed; he is old and is not in the catalog, sends it by mail and puts you at his own risk. The application does not work again. I buried myself in the forums: the point is that WD really does not support anything. Automatic replies are sent to inquirers. Running Dashboard has for instance a few versions and a few years back (v.1.4.4.5), but he does not "see" the new "green" and "blue" correctly. Complete chaos. As a sufferer I sum up - green WDs are unpretentious, poor and cheap. They will work fairly well and get ... as much as they want. The more incomprehensible users will feel the speed because they are the SSDs, but magic (and site scouting) are needed if you want to control them. With different software that will show you different things. Also, by experience: the "green" disc reveals only 4-5 functions in SMART! I stopped indexing and boot-defragmentation; I transfered the Temporary Directories into another partition of my 2nd HDD; I left the "SWAP (Page)" file - but I configured it 16-1024 MB. I found an "optimizer" - program for the SSD that "sees" some of the necessary features on my disk. I helped her with her. And last: I used two empty USB-Flashes with Ready Boost enabled, and I had extra 2x2 GB of memory - when you stop Prefetch (Superfetch), another widespread recommendation when working with the SSD as a system, you lose the boost function. Yes - I migrated / transferred my OS from my old HDD to the new SSD, with more effort but successful. From WD they offer a tool of another soft (WD do not have one!), but with the registration of the disk / purchase on the site of WD - the application should be paid. I hope i've been usefull.Read full review
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This turned my 10 year old computer into a modern day speedster
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Better than the 170mb hard drive I had 28 years ago.
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