Product reviewsCrucial MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (CT500MX500SSD1)

Rejuvenate your laptop!!

My 8 year old Dell laptop has been given a new lease of life. Recently had the 100% disk error, along with an unreasonable boot up time. As it’s not used regularly it wasn’t financially viable to replace, so just replaced the hard drive using the Crucial cloning software (with guidance from YouTube). The difference was immediately noticeable so now no disk error, super fast start up and apps open immediately. What a great buy!Read full review...

Crucial ssd cloning problems

Comes well packaged. Simple instructions ie how to download instructions/software, (Acronis.)
Problem was I had bought the 500gb sdd but my laptop hdd was 700gb. ( my fault I know, but the hdd was only using 75gb!!
Tried cloning, auto mode, failed obviously. Tried manual mode cloning, failed.
(me setting the partions) Tried all modes including acronis setting the partitions etc. All failed and each try taking 90 mins!!!

Solution was to use Windows 10 disk management tools ( disk partition) to reduce my original hdd to 465 gb. This cloned perfectly first time.( auto mode)
Installed ssd in laptop, very easy
My laptop now boots in 30 seconds and I'm logged in within 40 seconds, even with Windows 10 running its startup rubbish.
Its very fast now, a great drive. Saved buying a new laptop!
I'm very pleased with this drive, runs cooler now and battery seems to last
longer.
Excellent well worth it.Read full review...

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Good value upgrade for both speed and power efficiency

A very good value upgrade. I used it to replace my original HDD in an early 2009 iMac. I first cloned my HDD on the new SSD using a USB2-SATA interface. That understandably took a while, but was done overnight. Once I switched the drives over, the system booted straight away, no issues, and the speedup was sooo noticeable, like a new PC. Another bonus is that the power consumption is much lower and so there is less load on the PSU and much less heat for the cooling system to take out.Read full review...

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Dell laptop

All very straightforward with easy to follow instructions. However, after bringing the laptop back to life with the SSD, it goes on to suggest you download the memory manager software. I did this and enabled the cache enhancement, which restarts the computer. In my case however the laptop would not restart and I had to put the SATA drive back in to start then go through the whole process of cloning again taking another hour. Could not contact the online support chat at Crucial it would not accept any email address I entered to register. Pleased either the increased speed of the computer however.Read full review...

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Make your old MAC or PC run at the speed it had when new.

How to bring a 2012 MAC Mini back up to speed? Replace your old HDD with a Crucial MX500 SSD.

This is as easy as it could get to bring my MAC Mini back to a similar or faster the speed than when I first booted the MAC without having installed apps.

The drive comes with a spacer so it will fit correctly and effortlessly into a slightly taller drive bay.

The supportining online guides to replacing an existing hard drive are simple and easy to follow. Just make sure you read them carefully before you proceed.

Excellent product!!Read full review...

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Easy to setup and get working

So far so good. Only installed it a few days ago, but is working well so far and I found it was simple to install and use. The fact that crucial provide access to software to clone your existing drive to the new SSD makes this a brand I would buy again.Read full review...

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Decent SSD not used much yet

Bought to sort laptop but fitted in external drive case currently. I bought another one which has improved laptop performance. The cable was very useful .

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Quick to fit and runs quickly

Using a USB to SATA adaptor to connect the SSD to my computer it was quick to clone my old drive to the SSD and expand the partition to use the extra space.
Swapped the SSD into my computer and everything works well.
I've had the Crucial MX500 for almost two months now and I'm happy it is working well and the laptop is running quickly.Read full review...

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The best way to give your laptop the same performance as a new laptop

I highly recommend this ssd made by crucial to anybody who is still running thier laptop with a hdd installed, really fast boot up and lightning fas program changing. I bought a ram upgrade from crucial just over a year ago, and was very pleased with the superb quality of their products.the fitting to my 9 year old hp7 pavilion i7 laptop has made it as fast as most new laptops running windows 10,it has saved me from buying a new laptop. I am 79 years old and because the crucial website has a step by step guide with pictures to show you how to clone your old hdd, it is a piece of cake to achieve the same results as myself.Read full review...

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Good value

Replaced hdd with this drive no problems cloning using crucial software

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