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Data Transfer Rate	6 Gb per second	6	6	6	6 Gb per second	6 Gb per second
Device Type	Solid State Drive	Solid State Drives	Solid State Drives	Solid State Drives	Solid State Drives	Solid State Drives
Digital Storage Capacity	512 GB	500 GB	512 GB	500 GB	525 GB	250 GB
Flash Memory Installed Size	512	500	512	500	525	250
Hard-Drive Size	512 GB	500 GB	512 GB	500 GB	525 GB	250 GB
Hard Disk Form Factor	2.5 in	2.5 in	2.5 in	2.5 in	2.5 in	0.85 in
Hardware Connectivity	SATA 6.0 Gb/s	SATA 6.0 Gb/s	SATA 6.0 Gb/s	SATA 6.0 Gb/s	SATA 6.0 Gb/s	SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Hardware Platform	PC, Mac, Unix, Linux	PC	PC; Mac	PC; Mac; Linux	PC	PC; Mac
Item Dimensions	0.28 x 3.94 x 2.75 in	2.75 x 3.94 x 0.28 in	2.75 x 3.94 x 0.27 in	2.75 x 3.94 x 0.28 in	0.5 x 3 x 2 in	1.18 x 0.15 x 2 in
Item Weight	2.24 ounces	1.92 ounces	0.32 ounces	1.92 ounces	0.42 ounces	0.32 ounces
Memory Storage Capacity	—	500 GB	512 GB	500 GB	525 GB	250 GB
Model Year	2011	2014	2014	2013	2016	2015
Optical Storage Read Speed	520 MB/s	540	550	540	530 MB/s	540 MB/s
Writing speed of the optical memory	400 MB/s	520	520	520	510 MB/s	520 MB/s
Size	512 GB	500 GB	512 GB	500 GB	525GB	250 GB
Top Customer Reviews	Excellent SSD & Installation was Easy into my MacBook Pro By Goodo on November 27, 2011 Size: 512 GB Verified Purchase This is my very first Solid State Drive (SSD) purchase, which I put into my late 2008 unibody 15-inch Macbook Pro (MBP) 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM. I was initially going to purchase a new laptop as my MBP seemed to be running a bit slower and hung up here and there when I had many applications running. In particular, I experienced considerable slowness and lag after I would finish using my VirtualBox (free virtualization software) to access Windows XP whenever I needed to use Internet Explorer. My main reason for choosing the Samsung 830 SSD over others, was due to the fact that Samsung makes all the components in this SSD and that Apple themselves currently use Samsung and Toshiba as suppliers for SSD - and we all know how serious Apple is about their quality control and selection of vendors/suppliers they use. In addition, I had read good reviews from online sources such as AnandTech. I wanted something that was reliable and was easy to set up. In addition, this SSD does not need a separate enclosure as the device itself is enclosed and it comes with the SATA/USB connection cable. For all of you out there with a Macbook thinking about upgrading, I would highly recommend this. I read through tons of websites and how to's and wanted to share the steps I took below in swapping out my hard drive for the SSD, for those of you out there thinking about upgrading their MBP with a SSD in simple steps. See below (bear in mind that depending on the model and year of your MBP, it maybe easy or more difficult to access your hard drive vs mine) All I had to do to replace my hard drive with this SSD (for my Macbook Pro) was to: 1) Download Carbon Copy Cloner (free, find it using google) 2) Open the Carbon Copy Cloner application 3) Insert the SATA connection (the SATA/USB connection is included in the box) into the Samsung 830 SSD, and plug in the USB connector into my MBP -> use Disk Utility to format the SSD (do your partitions once it's been formatted if you want) 4) Then using Carbon Copy Cloner -> clone my current hard drive into the Samsung 830 SSD (took me about 2 hours or less to copy over 140GB worth of data) 5) Test the Samsung 830 SSD by booting up through the external Samsung 830 SSD, by restarting the MBP, then holding onto the Option key before the gray screen appears, then boot it up 6) Once external booting through the external SSD is successful, shut down the MBP, open and swap out the hard drive with the SSD (make sure you have the necessary tools to open and access your hard drive in your MBP) 7) Power up your new MBP and enjoy your new and fast Samsung 830 SSD After I had cloned my hard drive to my new Samsung 830 SSD, it took me a whole 15-20 minutes to swap out the hard drive and I'm now using my MBP to type this review. I read some PC users installing their SSD's taking ages, reinstalling software and operating systems. This is the easiest and simplest solution for me (thanks to Carbon Copy Cloner as it copies everything including the operating system) and allows me to get back to work on my MBP with little to no down time and no hassles with reinstalling anything Just in case people were wondering, this was my first time swapping out any hard drive, so I have little experience with computer components, yet it was super easy for me to do. I'm currently running my new SSD with no issues and enjoying the speed that comes with having a SSD vs the traditional hard drive. I'm glad I chose Samsung. As I use my MBP primarily for work, I need the reliability and do not want the hassle of having my SSD returned or having the controller die on me as I read happens on a lot of other SSD's. Thanks for reading my very first review/post on amazon and enjoy everyone, hope it will help some of you Mac users out there : ) Read more Read more	500GB version works great in a MacBook Pro mid 2012 (non-retina) By Michal Chomiczewski on March 9, 2015 Size: 500 GB Style: SSD Only Verified Purchase I installed this in my wife's MacBook Pro (mid 2012; non-retina; MacBookPro 9,2) and the installation process could not be more of a breeze. Once the new drive was in, I did a fresh install of OS X 10.10 from USB stick. Then restored user accounts, apps, etc, from the HD just removed from the Mac, attached with this cable: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HJZJI84/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (rather than using time machine backup). Since I was already opening the computer, I also upgraded the memory to 8 GB using this 'kit:' http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LDLVAO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Once the OS was installed and all data transferred, the difference in boot time, application launch time, and overall performance was nothing short of dramatic. MS Word now opens instantaneously. Night and day. I'm sure extra memory is not hurting, either, with things like running multiple apps at the same time and application switching. After the upgrade, it feels like a brand new computer. I was originally waiting to upgrade the 500 GB hard drive that come with the Mac once prices of SSD drop enough to make a 1TB a bit more economical, but I'm really glad I did not wait. The expected longevity/endurance of Samsung's "3D" technology along with the price point of just just over $200 (with tax) were the 2 key deciding factors (expected performacne gains being a given). Could not be happier. Will be interesting to see if there is any noticeable improvement in battery life and how the drive performs after a year or so (given TRIM is not permitted by Apple on third-party SSDs). BTW - the drive itself looks really good. I realize the case is superfluous and rather irrelevant in an internal SSD (it will never be seen again after re-inserting the back cover), but once installed amid the tidy MacBook innards, the drive looks perfectly at home, actually matching the other components in terms of aesthetics. NOTE: once your drive is installed and configured in your Mac, restart holding option command r p to make your computer stop looking for the old boot drive and start up right away (google 'option command r p' for details). From pressing the start button to fully loaded desktop, this PowerBook now takes just under 20 seconds. Read more Read more	Absolutely worth the price. By Brandon Cassata on June 28, 2017 Size: 512 GB Style: SSD Only Verified Purchase After being a fairly avid PC gamer for the better part of the past 10+ years, I decided it was time to give my system a long overdue performance upgrade. Decided that the prices were finally reasonable enough to give one a shot. See what all the hype was about. I've seen videos online and posts talking about how quick they are, how reliable they are, and tried to do as much research as I could on the drawbacks - namely the limited write cycles, and how to best deal with them. If the rating wasn't enough foreshadowing for how this experience went, let me just say this: Everything you've heard is absolutely true. It's one thing seeing a video showing Windows booting up in a fraction of the time it used to. It's another thing entirely to see your system, which probably takes upwards of 30 seconds on a standard HDD to start up, boot up from a cold boot in less than 10. It's absolutely mind boggling. Now to the meat of the review though. First and foremost, Windows 10 supports solid state drives beautifully. It even goes as far as to automatically disable disk fragmentation (which you NEVER want to do on an SSD) and instead offers "optimization" which routinely trims the drive to keep it running quickly. Being my first and only SSD, I reinstalled Windows 10 on the drive so I could get the absolute best performance I could from it, and from start to finish the process was ridiculously fast. The normal dread of constant reboots when reinstalling all your software is absolutely gone. Knowing you can restart and be back at your desktop in under 15 seconds is just beautiful. Second, if and when you install the Magician Software, if this is your first SSD, it's important to realize that your number of writes is going to surge in the beginning. You just got done installing a whole operating system. You're installing software, transferring some of your most used files to the drive, etc. Don't be too alarmed if you check it and you see it's suddenly a quarter of a terabyte high when it seems like you haven't even begun to use it yet. Your most concentrated usage of the drive is going to be that early bit, so take that number with a grain of salt. Third, I waited to write this review primarily because it's been in my experience when reading reviews that drives especially - be it hard disk or solid state, that are going to fail, tend to have a tendency to fail within a month or two after purchase. Once you're past that, you're usually out of the woods and typically good for the long haul. So before making any premature judgement, I waited and here I am. Solid 5/5 review. Only issue I'm having is entirely on me, which is that after having experienced the speed, I suddenly want to use it for everything and when you're sharing the drive with an operating system and games like The Witcher 3 are alone as large is 46GB, that's simply not possible with a 256GB drive. So if you're on the fence, it's definitely a safe size to experiment with. But if you know what you're getting, I'd absolutely recommend a larger storage capacity. Read more Read more	Amazing upgrade for old laptop. - Instructions to install. By KJ on January 9, 2014 Size: 500 GB Verified Purchase I had a very sluggish ASUS laptop that was about 2.5yrs old. It had a 2nd gen Intel Core 2 Duo processor. It took forever to boot up and website browsing was very slow. I mainly use my laptop for checking e-mail, web surfing and downloading photos from my digital camera. I'm not a power user so I just couldn't rationalize spending hundreds of dollars to replace it. Plus, I'm not a fan of Windows 8 which is installed on nearly all new laptops which dissuaded me from buying a new laptop (I have Windows 7 now). Lately I've been hearing how replacing the old mechanical hard drive with an SSD would increase performance of any PC. I wasn't sure how much of an improvement it'd be since I wouldn't be updating the processor. After I put in the SSD it was a whole new world. The laptop booted up in seconds instead of minutes. Applications opened faster and everything was more responsive. Until now I never realized how much the mechanical hard drive bottlenecked the laptop's performance (as opposed to the processor). I don't think adding more RAM can increase performance this much. I want to let you know that replacing the hard drive was super easy. I was overwhelmed at first because I couldn't find any easy installation instructions on the web. I was afraid that if I did it wrong I would lose all my data (especially my photos) or brick my laptop because I don't have the Windows Operating System installation CD (p.s. you don't need it). I thought I'd share my installation experience for people who are novices like me. The steps below are for upgrading the hard drive on a regular PC laptop (i.e. I'm not sure if my instructions will work for a MacBook). Most people will just be swapping out their hard drives and likely won't have an external hard drive to back up their data. That is perfectly fine. Also, you don't need the Windows OS installation CD because you won't be reinstalling any software. The steps below will copy EVERYTHING from your old hard drive onto your SSD including your Operating System, Applications, Programs, Photos, device drivers, etc. Before starting you need to make sure you have the following items: 1) Make sure your new SSD has enough space to copy all your existing data. My original laptop HDD was 300GB, but I was only using 60GB. I bought a 120GB SSD and that was fine. 2) Small phillips head screwdriver (hopefully you already have one in your house) 3) 2.5" SATA III enclosure (purchased separately). I bought the following Sabrent USB 3.0 enclosure and it actually came with a phillips head screwdriver. Personally, I wasn't crazy about the Sabrent enclosure because it looked and felt cheap, but it did the job. [[ASIN:B005EIGUD4 Sabrent USB 3.0 To 2.5-Inch Sata Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure Case (for 9.5mm, 12.5mm 2.5-Inch SATA-I, SATA-II, SATA-III HDD and SSD) Black (EC-TB4P)]] 4) Hard drive cloning software (Samsung includes this with their SSD). BASIC steps to upgrade/swap hard drives: 1) Install SSD into 2.5" SATA hard drive enclosure. 2) Plug enclosure into USB port of laptop (USB 3.0 will be a LOT faster than USB 2.0). 3) Install hard drive cloning software onto laptop (Samsung provides the software with SSD). 4) Follow instructions to clone old hard drive from laptop onto new SSD (Samsung software makes it very easy). 5) Shut down your laptop, unplug the power, remove battery and uninstall old hard drive. 6) Remove SSD from enclosure and install into laptop. 7) Reinstall battery, plug in power and restart laptop. 8) You're Done! Restarting your laptop in step 7 will be super fast. That's when you know that the new SSD was worth the upgrade. [....] Read more Read more	but I am in IT and I buy these because they are a good value, and reliable By Nick R. on September 15, 2016 Size: 525GB Style: 2.5 Inch Verified Purchase Samsung gets all the press nowadays because their SSD's are the highest performing... but I am in IT and I buy these because they are a good value, and reliable. The Crucial/Micron brand SSD's have been made in the same factory, and they both offer rudimentary power protection. This doesn't protect writes that were being made when you lost power, but it does offer some protection on the rest of the data. Other brands without power protection can suffer major file system damage if power fails during use. I put these in OEM laptops (and MX200's before this one), where people run out of batteries, and I've yet to have a serious failures. Read more Read more	Great Drive, best performance for the price By Phasers on May 21, 2015 Size: 250 GB Verified Purchase I purchased this drive (250GB) to replace the stock 128GB one that came with my MSI GSI 70 Stealth Pro laptop running Windows 8.1. As usual, Amazon delivered right on time, and I had the drive installed 20 minutes later (MSI sure does have a lot of screws holding their laptops together!). After quickly cloning my primary drive over to this one, it was ready for use. ,371 First thing I did was download and install the free Samsung Magician software (which as of version 4.6 now recognizes this drive as a Samsung drive) and ran a benchmark. Here are the results: Sequential Read: 549 MB/s Sequential Write: 523 MB/s Random Read (IOPs): 97,371 Random Write (IOPs): 86,219 Then, I used the Samsung Magician software to enable RAPID mode. For those unfamiliar with RAPID, it is an acronym for Real-time Accelerated Processing of I/O Data and was first introduced with the 840 EVO series of drives. This feature has since been updated to v2.1 for this drive/version of Samsung Magician 4.6. In short, what it does is use up to 25% of your extra system RAM (up to 4GB maximum if you have 16GB+ of system RAM) and use it as a cache for your drive to improve the already blazing fast performance. This is completely automated and does help overall system performance, especially with commonly used applications as the software will cache them automatically for faster load times and decreased latency. Be sure you enable this feature on your drive. Overall I am very satisfied with this drive. My boot times are around 10-15 seconds and I highly recommend it if you are thinking of purchasing this. The 5 year warranty sealed the deal for me. Read more Read more

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Size:512 GB

Product Description

The Samsung SSD 830 Series boasts superior random read speeds and faster sequential read and write speeds (up to 520 MB/s & 400 MB/s respectively). It's the ideal solution for your everyday computing needs, such as web browsing, document creation, viewing or editing multimedia files, playing PC games, etc. As the world's #1 DRAM, NAND Flash, and SSD supplier, Samsung has unique, industry-leading engineering resources, technologies, and manufacturing processes as well as more stringent quality and testing standards. All Samsung SSDs are designed and built completely in-house. Optimized for exceptional, sustained performance, the 830 Series features unrivaled reliability through its specially-engineered wear-leveling and garbage collection algorithms. The Samsung SSD 830 Series features stunning design and precision engineering – inside and out. It measures only 7mm thick, so it can even accommodate the latest ultra-slim laptop PCs. Magician Software Samsung's SSD Magician software eliminates the confusion and uncertainties of SSD management, making it simple for users to maximize the performance and lifetime of their Samsung SSD. The Samsung SSD 830 series is available with both desktop and laptop installation kits. The desktop kit comes with SATA data and power cables, screws, and a 2.5” to 3.5” adapter bracket. The laptop kit includes a SATA to USB adapter cable to facilitate easy data migration and a mounting spacer so that laptops with traditional 9.5mm drive bays can accommodate the Samsung SSD 830 Series' new slim profile. All Samsung SSD 830 Series models include a full version of Norton Ghost 15.0, rather than the limited data migration utilities included with most SSDs today. In addition to its robust data migration features, Norton Ghost 15.0 offers users advanced data backup and recovery functionality to ensure data integrity throughout the useful lifetime of the drive.

From the Manufacturer

Experience fast laptop performance--and prolonged battery life--with the Samsung 830 Series Solid-State Drive. Designed for laptop PCs, this data storage device has a capacity of 512 GB, making it ideal for everyday computing needs like browsing the web, creating documents, viewing multimedia files, or playing PC games. The product features a black-tone, brushed metal design, and at only 0.28 inches thick, it can fit even ultra-thin laptops. A complete laptop installation kit is included along with Norton Ghost 15.0 software that helps you simply and safely migrate your data from your existing hard disk drive to your new SSD.

Samsung 830 Series SSD for Notebook Computers (512 GB)

Enables you to boot up your computer in as little as 15 seconds
Energy efficient--improves battery life by up to 30 minutes
Solid-state design provides greater shock protection for data
Brushed metal case blocks dust and corrosion
Superior multi-tasking performance with 3-Core Samsung MCX Controller
Includes Norton Ghost for fast data migration and backup/recovery support
Samsung SSD Magician 3.0 software simplifies SSD management
Laptop upgrade kit provides everything you need to install and maintain your drive
100-percent Samsung genuine components
Backed by a three-year limited warranty

Includes everything you need to simply and safely migrate data from your existing hard disk drive to your new SSD.

Fast Performance for Everyday Computing

The Samsung 830 Series Solid-State Drive boasts superior random read speeds (up to 80,000 IOPS) and fast sequential read and write speeds (up to 520 MB/s and 400 MB/s, respectively). As a result, it's well suited for a wide range of computing needs, like web browsing, document creation, viewing or editing multimedia files, and playing PC games.

The device enables you to boot up your laptop in as little as 15 seconds, and its energy-efficient design can improve your battery life by up to 30 minutes.

This SSD is intended for notebook/laptop computers only. Samsung also offers the 830 Series SSD for Desktop Computers and a basic non-kit version.

Designed for the Latest Laptops

The 830 Series drive is notable for its slim profile and precision design. At only 0.28 inches thick, the device can even accommodate ultra-slim laptop PCs.

Easy Drive Management with SSD Magician Software

Samsung's SSD Magician software eliminates the confusion and uncertainties of SSD management, making it simple for you to maximize the performance and lifetime of your Samsung SSD. The software helps maintain the SSD at its peak condition, giving you the same optimal performance and reliability throughout the life of your PC.

In addition to its performance maintenance features, SSD Magician also provides system information and facilitates performance benchmarking, performance optimization, operating system optimization, firmware updates, securely erasing data, and over-provisioning.

Laptop Installation Kit

Included with the drive is a laptop installation kit that contains a SATA-to-USB adapter cable to facilitate easy data migration, along with a mounting spacer so that laptops with traditional 9.5mm drive bays can accommodate the slim profile of this SSD.

Easy Migration and Backup with Norton Ghost 15.0 Software

All Samsung SSD 830 Series models include a full version of Norton Ghost 15.0 software. In addition to its robust data migration features, Norton Ghost 15.0 offers users advanced data backup and recovery functionality to ensure data integrity throughout the useful lifetime of the drive.

Compatibility and Warranty Information

This Samsung drive is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. The device measures 0.28 by 2.75 by 3.94 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 2.15 ounces.

The Samsung 830 Series Solid-State Drive is backed by a three-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box

Samsung 830 Series Solid-State Drive, Samsung SSD Magician software and manual CD, Norton Ghost 15.0 software CD, quick user manual, drive spacer, and SATA-to-USB adapter cable.

Capacity	128 GB	256 GB	512 GB
Model	MZ-7PC128N/AM	MZ-7PC256N/AM	MZ-7PC512N/AM
Type of Drive	Solid State
Form Factor	2.5-inch standard (Reduced 7mm thickness for use with ultraportables and netbooks)
For Use With	Laptops, ultraportables, netbooks
Interface	SATA revision 3.0 (SATA 6Gbits/s)
Random Read Speeds	80,000 IOPS
Sequential Read/Write Speeds	520 MB/s / 320 MB/s	520 MB/s / 400 MB/s
Controller	3-Core MCX Multi-Core Controller
Type of Memory	Toggle DDR 2xnm NAND Flash Memory
Included Software	Samsung Magician 3.0, Norton Ghost 15
Dimensions	0.28 by 2.75 by 3.94 inches (H x W x D)
Warranty	Three-Year Limited

*The Samsung 830 Series SSD Drives also comes in a basic non-kit version and a desktop kit.

Capacity	64 GB	128 GB	256 GB	512 GB
Basic non-kit version	MZ-7PC064B/WW	MZ-7PC128B/WW	MZ-7PC256B/WW	MZ-7PC512B/WW
Full-installation kit - Desktop	MZ-7PC064D/AM	MZ-7PC128D/AM	MZ-7PC256D/AM	MZ-7PC512D/AM

ENDPRODUCT NAME: Samsung 830 Series SSD for Desktop Computers (64 GB)

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512 GB

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MZ-7PC512N/AM

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PC, Mac, Unix, Linux

Item Weight

2.2 ounces

Product Dimensions

3.9 x 0.3 x 2.8 inches

Item Dimensions L x W x H

3.94 x 0.28 x 2.75 inches

Color

Black metal

Flash Memory Size

512

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Excellent SSD & Installation was Easy into my MacBook Pro

ByGoodoon November 26, 2011

Size: 256 GBVerified Purchase

This is my very first Solid State Drive (SSD) purchase, which I put into my late 2008 unibody 15-inch Macbook Pro (MBP) 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM. I was initially going to purchase a new laptop as my MBP seemed to be running a bit slower and hung up here and there when I had many applications running. In particular, I experienced considerable slowness and lag after I would finish using my VirtualBox (free virtualization software) to access Windows XP whenever I needed to use Internet Explorer.

My main reason for choosing the Samsung 830 SSD over others, was due to the fact that Samsung makes all the components in this SSD and that Apple themselves currently use Samsung and Toshiba as suppliers for SSD - and we all know how serious Apple is about their quality control and selection of vendors/suppliers they use. In addition, I had read good reviews from online sources such as AnandTech.

I wanted something that was reliable and was easy to set up. In addition, this SSD does not need a separate enclosure as the device itself is enclosed and it comes with the SATA/USB connection cable.

For all of you out there with a Macbook thinking about upgrading, I would highly recommend this. I read through tons of websites and how to's and wanted to share the steps I took below in swapping out my hard drive for the SSD, for those of you out there thinking about upgrading their MBP with a SSD in simple steps. See below (bear in mind that depending on the model and year of your MBP, it maybe easy or more difficult to access your hard drive vs mine)

All I had to do to replace my hard drive with this SSD (for my Macbook Pro) was to:

1) Download Carbon Copy Cloner (free, find it using google)
2) Open the Carbon Copy Cloner application
3) Insert the SATA connection (the SATA/USB connection is included in the box) into the Samsung 830 SSD, and plug in the USB connector into my MBP -> use Disk Utility to format the SSD (do your partitions once it's been formatted if you want)
4) Then using Carbon Copy Cloner -> clone my current hard drive into the Samsung 830 SSD (took me about 2 hours or less to copy over 140GB worth of data)
5) Test the Samsung 830 SSD by booting up through the external Samsung 830 SSD, by restarting the MBP, then holding onto the Option key before the gray screen appears, then boot it up
6) Once external booting through the external SSD is successful, shut down the MBP, open and swap out the hard drive with the SSD (make sure you have the necessary tools to open and access your hard drive in your MBP)
7) Power up your new MBP and enjoy your new and fast Samsung 830 SSD

*After I had cloned my hard drive to my new Samsung 830 SSD, it took me a whole 15-20 minutes to swap out the hard drive and I'm now using my MBP to type this review. I read some PC users installing their SSD's taking ages, reinstalling software and operating systems. This is the easiest and simplest solution for me (thanks to Carbon Copy Cloner as it copies everything including the operating system) and allows me to get back to work on my MBP with little to no down time and no hassles with reinstalling anything* Just in case people were wondering, this was my first time swapping out any hard drive, so I have little experience with computer components, yet it was super easy for me to do.

I'm currently running my new SSD with no issues and enjoying the speed that comes with having a SSD vs the traditional hard drive. I'm glad I chose Samsung. As I use my MBP primarily for work, I need the reliability and do not want the hassle of having my SSD returned or having the controller die on me as I read happens on a lot of other SSD's.

Thanks for reading my very first review/post on amazon and enjoy everyone, hope it will help some of you Mac users out there : )

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Ghost is useless, but the drive itself is awesome

ByMichael J. Murphyon April 1, 2012

Size: 128 GBVerified Purchase

cloning this thing wasn't as easy as I had hoped, but after some engineering, I got it to work.

I had a Samsung RF711 laptop with a 750GB old-school drive (only using 50GB). I purchased the 128GB SSD to replace it.

Ghost didn't seem up to the task. Ghost was great at copying the core partition, but it has trouble copying the system partition that appears to be necessary for booting.

Here's what I tried (that failed)
I attached the disk using the USB connector.
I booted up
I attempted to use Ghost. . .but it didn't see the drive.
After some research, I figured out that you need to go to START | RIGHT CLICK ON COMPUTER | CLICK MANAGE
Go into the storage / disk manager and assign a letter to the drive.
When you go back into Ghost, you'll see the drive.
I used the COPY DRIVE option to copy the C drive from my 750GB drive to my new drive I chose the option to copy the MBR and to re-assign the drive letters (thinking it would boot up just fine).
I got the "Successfuly Complete" thinking everything was about to go real smoothly.
I swapped the drive. . . .only to get "no bootmgr" or something like that.
I wound up putting the old drive back in, and attaching this as a USB drive (again) to begin my 8 hours... of heartache

I saw some other posts about doing some tricks to get Ghost to copy the system partition. I got this to work, but still ran into the "No bootmgr" error.

I downloaded EaseUS to do a sector=by-sector disk-copy. That got me to a point where it would start to load windows ... then I got the blue screen of death. So I put my original drive back in and started on some more research.

Unfortuantely for me, I started having all kinds of other problems with the new drive. I couldn't get it to appear in Ghost at all (no matter what I did).

At this point, I was starting to feel a little desparate. After some more research, I found another utility (Macrium) that worked fantastic. It was free and I copied the system and C particion without any problem. I swapped the drive . . . and low and behold. . it WORKED!

It was still a little slow. . . and then I realized that the "Samsung Service Magician" software (that came with the drive) has utilities for tuning the drive. I ran through that and optimized the drive. . .optimized the OS. . .and everything is wonderful.

So. . here's what I learned.
1) Norton Ghoast is a worthless piece of garbage and I wasted a solid 6 hours trying to get it to do what I wanted it to do only to conclude that it's worthless.
2) The Samsung documentation is completely worthless. In fact, I couldn't even get the "Data Migration" guides to load properly. I'm willing to bet that that guide would have really helped me. I couldn't even find the guide on the Samsung website. that would have been really nice to have.
3) The drive itself is fantastic. Blazing fast. Despite the heartache, I'm very pleased, overall.
4) Macrium saved the day. Just search for it. . .. use it to copy the system and primary partitions . . . and be happy.

I can't believe Samsung partnered with such a worthless utility as Norton Ghost. Don't even use it. Macrium appears to do everything Ghost does. . . but it actually works. . . the first time. . . without any engineering.