U410 SSD Upgrade Question

Hello, I want to upgrade my mSATA 30gb for a mSATA 120gb. Can I place the KingstonSSDNow mS200 SMS200S3/120G, 120 GB SSD, Solid State Drive in my Lenovo U410 or do I have restrictions on my laptop for the SSD?

Hi DavidszM,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
The only limitation in this upgrade is the physical size which is 9.55mm.
You current SSD is used as Cache drive which will speed up the Read/write
But
  Switching to a higher 120GB will give you the advantage as you can make it as your Primary drive rather than a cache drive. 
You can check this Thread,
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-U-and-S-Series-Notebooks/miniPC-ssd-for-u410/td-p/993405
Hope this helps
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