X201 Switch defualt SSD to evo 840 mSATA MZ-MTE1T0BW 0.85" measurement concerns

I am about to buy the Samsung 840 EVO MZ-MTE1T0BW
I would like to replace the default SSD on the X201 which is the Samsung 128GB PN 45N7952
I am looking at the 1TB EVO on Amazon and the SSD does not even look similar to the default SSD currently on the x201 - another concern is whether this EVO 1TB will fit - on the default 128gb SSD the measurements appear to be 1.8" - I do not know how this is measured as I measured 3x2 inches LxW SSD alone and 4 ¼ x 2 ¾ inches with the bay. On amazon the 500GB model shows 0.85" on the display which is favorable, as the default 128gb SSD (already in the x201) is similarly listed as 0.85" as well, however the 1TB is listed without the 0.85" dimension and is rather titled as internal, which is leads me to confusion.
Will the full speed potential of the EVO be realizable on the x201 i5 8gb ram?
Some substance of the conversion I would like to share: I need more storage space; I am going to dual boot Windows 7/Ubuntu; I intend to edit more videos and thus utilize more storage space towards holding these videos.

phillipsk wrote:
I am confused by the 2.5 inch dimensions, I am not entirely sure if the X201 has room for 2.5"
Believe me, it does. I have one... As well as in all my other six X200/s
If you're looking for a big Samsung SSD try one of these:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MZ-7TE1T0BW
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/memory-storage/MZ-7KE1T0BW
I wouldn't go for a mSata SSD with adapter, but that's just me...
P.S.: See the differences in size here: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2013/12/09/samsung-ssd-840-evo-msata-1tb-review/1
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Good day and welcome to the community.
I looked at your hardware manual:
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T500 SSD Samsung Evo 840

Hi,
I have had a T500 laptop for about 4.5 years now and am looking to replace my HDD. I am concerned that it is nearing the end of its lifespan. I have been looking at replacing it with a SSD - in particular a Samsung 840 EVO (MZ-7TE250BW). I am aware that I will not achieve SATA III speeds (Seems to be SATA I or possibly II - even so it will still be an improvement from my HDD).
According to what I found, the T500 has a 2.5" 9.5mm drive bay. However, the 840 EVO is 2.5" 7.0mm. So my question is this - can the SSD be plopped in to replace the HDD, or is there some adapter kit that is needed? Would the drive need a different casing / rails? Obviously 7.0mm would fit, but I don't know if the screws / connectors would line up and if something would be needed to fill in the extra space to make the drive more secure. There is a 840 EVO package that comes with a "notebook kit" but I don't know if that would work in my T500.
Thanks,
Mark
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I just successfully installed a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB into my old T500 Vista laptop. The 850 is the successor to the 840 and was cheaper.
I'm posting this because the Data Migration package that comes with the SSD did not work for reasons that I don't understand. I was left with a "bootmgr missing" message. I will explain the work around.
Hardware wise it was a piece of cake. Look online and you can find a video of how to replace a hdd in the t500. It is simple to remove the hdd case from its slot and remove the case from the hdd with a tiny phillips screwdriver. 2.5 inch 850 EVO fits perfectly in the hdd case re-using the rubber side rails on the hdd case. Don't miss that the flexible plastic tab is folded back into the slot atop the hdd and will have to be folded out with the screwdriver.
Since the Data Migration did not work, I found reference to the Acronis Backup software working well. I just happened to have the 2012 version installed on the laptop for backup purposes!
In summary, here is what you need. Samsung SSD, external HDD to USB cable, Acronis pack with Rescue Disk.
The cable can be loose or attached to an external HDD/SSD case. The Acronis Rescue Disk you create using the Acronis package. Acronis has detailed cloning instructions on their website.
In summary, after creating the Rescue Disk (CD/DVD), power down, remove the hdd and attach it to the external cable and plug in to USB; install the SSD (blank or with trash on it; it will be scrubbed) in the laptop hdd slot, boot up with the Acronis Bootable Rescue Disk, and use the Clone Disk feature of Acronis to clone the old drive into the SSD already installed in the laptop. After cloning, remove the Rescue Disk and unplug the USB cable. Boot up normally and hold your breathe! Mine booted just fine!
Good luck!

Any ideas on the best Config for RAID-0 on the Precision M6800 using SSD's (and the mSATA slot)

Hi, I have an M6800 on order that has a single 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. I am going to upgrade the storage the day it arrives (removing the 500GB drive and not utilizing it at all). I plan on setting up an SSD RAID-0 array and want to take advantage of the mSATA slot if possible.
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I was planning on getting the Samsung Evo 840 SSD 2.5" drive and the matching Evo 840 mSATA card. There is a Samsung 850 series drive, but it is only available in 2.5" (mSATA is not available in the 850 as far as I can tell).
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Thanks

Hi Ential,
Thanks for the info, I thought my question would go unanswered forever. I posted the question in January, and I have since set up the computer. Below I will detail my research and the configurations of drives that I have used on my M6800 since the time I posted the question you answered. Perhaps the results of my research and testing might help you.
I originally I bought the same exact model SSD's that Dell sells with the computer thru their website;    the LiteOn 512GB drives (mSata & SATA), I configured them in RAID-0. The LiteOn drives are sold under the brand name Plextor, I found the proper model numbers by looking at the SSD drive firmware upgrade file from the Dell support website.
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Thanks again for your info and for pointing out the possible limitation of the optical bay..

Bootcamp will not install on my late 2012 mini Samsung EVO 840 1tb SSD

I recently replaced my 256gb OWC SSD in my late 2012 Mac Mini with a Samsung EVO 840 1tb.
I did the following
1) Using 10.9 recovery i initialized and created a single clean partition on the 1Tb SSD
2) I installed a clean copy of 10.9
3) Using migration assistant i transferred apps and documents from my previous SSD via a USB 3.0 adapter to the new SSD
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What have i done wrong or missed? IF nothing it appears that the Bootcamp assistant supplied with 10.9 may have an issue with my Hardware setup including the Samsung EVO840 1tb drive.

There are known SATA speed issues with Macs and EVO 1TB. Please check in System Profiler -> SATA for SATA status of the EVO. It seems to work on OSX side, but not Bootcamp/Windows.
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Walk me thru replacing my good HD to Samsung EVO-840 500GB SSD

Please walk me thru replacing my good HD to Samsung EVO-840 500GB SSD. I need Help. I did back up to Time Machime. I do have a HD USB enclosure. Some level 6 and 7 reps are suggesting purchasing cloneing software to do the job. Please advise the best route for me. I also want to upgrade my memory at the same time. Much thanks.

Mustang69conv wrote:
...How and when do I transfer/install everything from my good old HD to my new SSD? What program do I use? How do I do it?...
Since you aren't upgrading your OS and you're not starting over with a new computer, your old HD is already fully compatible with what you want on your new SSD. So, with your HD installed in your external USB enclosure, boot from it (hold down the option key after the chime and pick the external drive), then clone the external onto the SSD after you partition the SSD to GUID Partition Table (click the Options..Button), one partition. Carbon Copy Cloner does the job for making a bootable clone; other software, such as Superduper does too. Assuming the SSD is big enough to receive the contents of the HD with room to spare, you're done.
Obviously it's also possible to do a fresh install of the OS you're already running and then use Setup Assistant to migrate your settings and files to the SSD. I've found, however, that some settings, such as Network configurations, can get lost that way, as can authorizations for software you've had to buy and register.

What external drives work well with a late 2011 MacBook Pro? I ask because I just found out the hard way that a Samsung EVO 840 does not. Also should I avail myself of something that works with Thunderbolt or Firewire?

What external drives work well with a late 2011 MacBook Pro (I7, Lion OS) apart from my Kingston flash and USB drive, and the SD drives that I use in my cameras and recording devices? I ask because I just found out the hard way that a Samsung EVO 840 does not. Also, should I avail myself of something that works with the Thunderbolt or Firewire connections? I'm looking to back up music and video files created and/or processed in Logic Pro and the Adobe Production Premium software suite (Premier Pro, After Effects, Audition, etc).

Hmm, not sure what problems you had installing this drive. The review here gives it good marks for Mac:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE1T0BW/produc t-reviews/B00E3W16OU
There does seem to be a lot of prep to make it work:
"1. Preparation to install your new shiny SSD
1.a You will need a migration tool (I used the Sabrent kit USB 3.0 to Sata that was suggested in these review) see link http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQJME7Y/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i01?ie=UTF8&p sc=1
1.b You will need to download a trim enabler (mid 2012 macbooks only support native trim with apple brand ssd's) I recommend going to cindori.org and downloading trim enabler version 3.xx. You can do this step before or after the OS migration
1.c You cannot use the Samsung SSD migration software *don't worry Mac has its own imaging/migration utility*"
Also in those reviews:
" Only down side when using this product in a Mac Mini is you will be required to download and install Trim Enabler so that your drive performs optimally on your Mac device. This is an Apple issue, not Samsung, but it is an extra step you will have to take after you install the hard drive, and any time you perform an OS upgrade." He rant's on.
Personally I only deal with OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
They are very knowledgable and if there's a problem they will gladly take back the item. (Never happened to me yet - 8 years and counting).
Just upgraded my 13" MBP 2011 to 120 GB for $79. Adobe CS 6 opens in 3 seconds! Awesome!
When I was in Chicago I had a pro photographer for a client. She wound up with 4 internal drives in her Pro, 4 external drives and an dual array locked in a steel vault in the basement. All from OWC. OK she was a bit paranoid. Great client though.
As far as value for price:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MES3FH7500G/
500 GB for $130.
However as far as reliability is concerned:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/30/are-ssds-reliable/
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173887-ssd-stress-testing-finds-intel-might -be-the-only-reliable-drive-manufacturer
So sudden power loss is an issue with SSDs.
Personally I'd go with a moderate sized SSD internally and a conventional external for backup. An array would be the most reliable.

Macbook Pro Mid 2012 Crucial m500 960gb or Samsung Evo 840 1tb?

Hello,
So i've done a lot of research and I can't seem to quite get a definite answer.
I've seen many people say that the Samsung Evo 840 is having issues during bootup in the Mid 2012 one but some are saying it's running perfectly fine.
On the other hand, some are saying Crucial is better and guarantees that it will work.
I saw a link on youtube where the person upgrades his mid 2012 with the samsung evo 1tb.
But he has the top spec one.
Mine are:
Model Name:
MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:
MacBookPro9,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:
2.3 GHz
Has anyone tried upgrading this particular model with either the Crucial or the Samsung Evo?
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I want to get a large SSD and know that it'll run perfectly for the next 5 years.
Cheers.

clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
I've had the M500 960GB drive for about 4 months now and I love it - it wasn't a major upgrade for me: I had a Crucial m4 series 512GB but, as I have had such good luck with Crucial, decided to go with the M500 960GB.
There was a new firmware upgrade on March 25th, so if you get the M500, be sure and do the (very simple) firmware upgrade!
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Just ordered the Crucial M550 512Gb SSD ($334) to replace my Crucial M4 256Gb SSD. The drive is still going strong after 21 months of service but wanted a little larger capacity and faster write speeds. I will be putting the M4 in a 2009 MacBook Pro even though it's only negotiated link speed will be 3 Gigabit.....so it won't go to waste.
I nearly bought the Samsung EVO 500Gb ($244) but after reading all the reviews I decided that price and a little extra speed was not as important as reliability, compatibility, and the big one support. I went to Samsung's support page and was not impressed at all.
Im now second guessing my disission to not purchase the lower priced EVO over the M550 or even the M500 because of your previous statement "I would shop strictly for the best price".
Clinon, my question is:
Is the firmware the same for the M500 and M550?

Is my "Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB" defective (or just incompatible with MacBookPro5,5 Yosemite 10.10.2 - 13 inch mid-2009)

Is the Samsung 850 EVO not compatible with this MacBook Pro? Has anyone installed it and found it to work fine for a few months?
Has anyone faced boot-partition corruptions, problems when installing Yosemite updates with this SSD - on reboot, SSD partition became unmountable for me after the installing Yosemite update 10.10.2 (14C1510).
I am trying to understand whether
mine happens to be a defective drive - in which case I have the option of getting a refund from seller and ordering a replacement (same make+model), OR
I should return this one and go for a Crucial/OWC/other SSD
Details:
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Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
I purchased this drive and installed it in my MacBookPro about a week ago.
Since then I have repeatedly run system-reported data corruptions on the SSD.
One obvious sign of the corruption is that on powering-on the laptop, it will stall for a long time (5 to 30 minutes! - normally it would boot up in about 30 seconds) after the grey/black Apple-logo and status bar appear on the white-background boot-screen.
Another way I see this is by running Disk Utility's 'verify disk' operation.. Reports serious errors and asks me to reboot in recovery-mode with Cmd-R to repair the partition.
I have erased and re-installed the OS (Yosemite) several times on it already because sometimes the Recovery-Partition's Disk Utility cannot repair the errors - asks me to backup and erase+format. The repair operation does not always succeed *.
This is happening often and without any pattern **.
Several times on the latest install, I have booted up in single-user mode and run fsck -fy: till yesterday, this was still occasionally finding and successfully repairing issues (after which I run fsck a couple more times to confirm).
Seems to be running fine today.
* I am re-installing off of a TimeMachine backup.
But I don't think that is causing the trouble: verify-disk on the original backup reports no errors, and even the computer itself passes "verify"/"fsck -fy" several times over before failing in the same way again after an hour or 2 of actual use.
** On one occasion, after an OS update (latest OS X security patches) succeeded and reboot completed, verify-disk again asked for the Cmd-R recovery-mode repair - which failed to repair the errors.
Also, if I as much as launch the Yosemite installer while booted up, then even after quitting (without proceeding beyond the initial screen), the SSD fails completely again requiring to be erased. Happened twice with installers involved, but corruptions even without installers did happen.

I loaded the Samsung 850 into my 2012 i5 Macbook Pro and it's been working well since I installed a few days ago. The only concern I have is that on boot up I get a white screen for around 30 seconds before it begins the startup with the apple and progress bar. That's odd, because when I installed an SSD on my older 2009 Macbook a few years ago that laptop booted up almost instantaneously when I pushed the power button.
I loaded the system on the SSD by cloning, rather than using Time Machine and it worked without a hitch. Used Carbon Copy Cloner in trial mode after formatting the SSD with Disk Utilities. Not sure if your problem may stem from using Time Machine. The cloning apps will usually adjust the data on the new drive based on available space, so if your SSB is a different size than the original HDD, it would automatically correct. Not sure about TIme Machine.
I'll keep researching about the startup lag when I turn on my Macbook Pro with the 850. Seems it should boot up right away with the SSD, but maybe it's because the 850 uses the new vertical stacking configuration. That's the only thing I can think of that's different from the last SSD I installed in my old Macbook.

W540 Two issues with Samsung EVO 840

I recently replaced my HDD to Samsung EVO 840
The disk seems to work fine, but I have two issues
1. The Samsung Performance Restoration failed at 22% of step 1
2. The Samsung Magician failed to Authenticate
OS – Windows 7 Pro
Thanks in advance
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Roll back the Intel SATA AHCI driver to ver. 12.8.0.1016 solved both issues

PROBOOK and SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO DISK problems

I have connected HP ProBook 470 G2 i7 processor with SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO 500 GB via SATA3 to USB3 adapter (STLAB). SSD disk is not detected by windows 7 (win explorer) neither by samsung magition SW.
Is it possible to solve this.

Does the drive show in Disk Management?
Does it show as 'offline'? This sometimes happens with 'external' drives.
If it is 'offline' just right click 'offline' and chose 'online' from the menu.
Hope that helps.
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Use SSD samsung evo as storage -- Probook 4540s

hi everyone,
I have a SSD kingmax 120Gb, I put it in Caddy bay and install windows 8.1 x64 on it(BIOS in UEFI and ACHI).
-->My system works properly.
Then I buy a SSD samsung evo 250Gb, I put it in HDD position in my laptop, I wish I can use it as my storage device. But my laptop cannot start when pressing power button. It stops at HP screen.
After that I remove SSD kingmax, install Windows on SSD samsung--> and it works properly. But when I put SSD king max into Caddy bay again set boot order ODD first, but I doesn't work.
Please help me to solve it. My wish is that SSD samsung is my storage and SSD kingmax (on Caddy bay) is boot devíce.
Thank you so much.

Please help me.

Hi I have a MacBook Pro 17in early 2011 I am switching my HD to samsung 840 pro SSD 512

Hi I need help. I need the best clone(2013) software download and instructions. I will be transfering for my macbook pro HD to my Samsung 840Pro 512GB SSD by USB 2.0 port cable. I have the tools and taking off the battery cable once inside. I do have to backups one is a Lacice Porsche 2TB(works with Time machine) and CrashPlan+ on line cloud that is always backing up.
Also, adding 16GB memory that seams straight forword. Any tips are welcome.
Thanks Mark D.

markselise wrote:
Also, adding 16GB memory that seams straight forword. Any tips are welcome.
Maximum Memory
16 GB (Actual) 8 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots
2 - 204-pin PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM
Got 16GB here and it's sweet, just waiting for a large SSD to come down in price.
Did you check out the really speedy jobs here?
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html
This is the specs for your drive, ranked 68
Methinks if you do a bit more research and look on NewEgg you can pick up a faster SSD for same coin or a bit more.

Trying to switch to SSD, not working at all.

So I have an A1278 Macbook Pro from Late 2011 with a 2.3ghz i5 and 16gb of ram running OSX 10.9. I also have an MCE optibay in place of my disk drive. I use this setup at a recording studio running Logic off my system drive and record to the drive in the optibay so I don't get any "disk too slow" errors or whatever in logic.
Anyway...
I wanted to put my 1TB HDD into my optibay, and put a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD into my main drive bay. First I formatted thr drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in disk utility, then I tried cloning my drive in disk utility to which I got a "disk too small" error and several "invalid argument 22" errors. (Note my 1TB drive only has 90GB's of used space on it) I then tried a fresh install of Mavericks onto the SSD and restoring from a Time Machine backup. No such luck. It would be stuck at 0.2% and then "Time Remaining" would keep rising until it would stop and ask me to restart. Everything up to this point was happening in recovery mode btw. I then tried moving all my old files onto this fresh install on the SSD with Migration assistant. This appeared to have worked. The computer booted and I got this amazing SSD speed everyone was talking about. Until finder continued to close and not function properly over and over and I had to force shutdown. Back into recovery mode I went. Tried to repair disk with disk utility. and I got a "Disk utility can't repair this disk, please back it up and restore" error, and the log showed some red text about invalid node structres. So, did I miss a crucial step that one has to undergo before using an SSD? Some sort of magic SSD button in disk utility that I forgot to toggle? Or do I have a faulty drive? Right now I'm booted using the original 1TB disk in my Optibay. Any thoughts?

Hey Clinton
I guess i'm so stuck with the SSD that i have purchased.
Here is the details:
SSD - Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
MacBook Pro - 13-inch, Mid 2012
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system): 2.2f44
I was running with the factory HDD (toshiba 500gb) and thought of replacing it with an SSD . Tried a clean installation of mavericks at first using Bootable USB drive having mavericks. So i went on and installed the ssd replacing the HDD i had and went on to boot up from the USB, prior the installtion i tired to partition it first with single partition MAC os extended journaled with GUID table. But then it did partition but after that it says trying to reinitialize the drive and it never came back although i tried more than five times. So then i went back to my HDD and tired cloning it to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, but even for that i had to do the partitioning which failed. Finally i had to go and return back that peice and they gave me another one convincing me that it might a defective peice.
Now, with the second one, at first i booted up my HDD normally and connected the new SSD the USB/sata converter and i successfully partitioned and using carbon copy cloner, i have cloned as well. Now to make sure if its all ok, before replacing the HDD in the main compartment, i just selected the startup disk as the new SSD and restarted the system... it booted up fine like a cheetah... was all gud... i thought everything is pretty fine. Then ofcourse i went ahead and replaced the HDD and powered up the system again, but then it's not booting up... it gives you that folder with ? mark and that's all...
And then i tried some other ways too... i even checked the firmware versions and i guess they are upto date as well. I just dont get the reason why it's not working.
Please help me.
Anjillan
so should i return and buy crucial now..???

W510 ssd samsung evo

Hi,
I have a thinkpad W510. It came with an original 500 gb hitachi drive. I believe it is a 2.5 inch 9.5 mm drive. Can I put in a samsung ssd evo with 2.5 inch 7mm drive? Do I need new rubber railings? The reason im asking is it appears the original drive is in an adaptor. Can i take the metal adaptor off the old drive and put it on the new and reuse the railings? Or you cant use the old adaptor on a 7mm drive. Also in the hmm it mentions a storage converter part number
42W7888 do i need this?
To clone the drive do i just buy an external hdd enclosure and use acronis or something similiar?
thanks!
Solved!
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There's no urgent need for the spacers, is good if you have it but no drama if you don't
I have several 7mm drives in 9mm bays using the 9mm caddy and rubber rails and they work all fine. See the example pics from my X201:
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