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I have 6 years old Dell XPS 13 L321X and I did not want to erase Win 7 in order to install Win 10, just in case Win 7 is better than Win 10 on XPS 13. So I purchased Zheino mSATA for that purpose. I swapped the SSD and installed Win 10 on Zheino SSD and the drive worked perfectly. The speed was as advertised (Read 500MB/s, Write 450MB/s). There is another version of same drive which has the write speed of 120MB/s - this is M1 mSATA. My drive is M3 mSata, so make sure you get M3 model . As for XPS 13 L321X, Win 7 is definitely better - the fan is quiet and fast. Win 10 is fast as well, but you really cannot tell the difference - except the fan noise is much louder and noticeable. Also Zheino company has upgraded their website, some still visit old one which has no update and no support. Their new website is: zheinossd.com. Overall I am very satisfied.

I have ordered and installed 5 of these in Dell Latitude E7240 laptops. 2 of the drives are loaded with Ubuntu Linux for when I want to switch to that OS, and one with Ubuntu has been hard at work in Tanzania since before the pandemic, with no issues. mSATA drives are now obsolete, but if you need a replacement for general usage, these work nicely.

The Short: This is a solid mSata SSD. Comes with appropriate screws for my use in a Dell Laptop. It's been running a new installation of Windows 10 Home for two months now without issues.The Long: Most laptops now make it relatively easy to upgrade/expand hard drives. The difficulty is usually if you want this as a boot/OS drive especially on older models. In specific, I got this for a Dell Inspiron 17R - Model 5720 (Intel i5-3210M) laptop running Windows 10 Home. BEFORE you install this mSata/SSD - make sure you are running the latest BIOS version regardless if you make it boot or not!!! To make it boot from the mSata/SSD requires a few more steps. Proceed below for general steps to determine if this is for you.Model Specific Installation: The Dell Inspiron 5720. New Windows 10 Install. First, I must state that I tried imaging the old drive to the new. Works but performance issues [I checked TRIM settings and what not as well as I have advanced computer knowledge] (mostly probably coz of old apps and the way it was upgraded from Windows 8). Pull out old HDD while leaving mSata/SSD installed. Install operating system. When Windows reboots the 1st time, go into the Bios, Customize boot to mSata. Search forums for specifics - I think Dell Community has some pages. Make sure you can boot. Reinstall old HDD. And see if it boots to the mSata/SSD. Adjust Bios as necessary. I have reinstalled Win10 a couple of times since then and I can now install directly to the mSata/SSD without removing the HDD. But it took a few tries in the Bios before I got this right. It's just easier w/o the old HDD when you first configure it.WARNING: I booted to the old drive to retrieve some encrypted data and copied it directly to the SSD. Rebooted to the mSata and well... I had to reinstall the whole OS all over again. The HDD old windows 10 build (pre 1903) prolly did something to the SSD new build (post 1903 build) and bla bla blah. The Lesson: Make sure to download/copy/transfer ALL your data. I highly recommend reformatting the old HDD or remove it completely (I did the latter and installed a high rpm hdd for data). Or else avoid booting into the OLD HDD period!!!

I've been using this for a few years in a PowerBook G4 with an adapter and it seems to have held up well.

I bought the 512 GB version of this a few years ago to replace the HD on an older laptop. It worked fine but just died one day. I reinstalled the old HD and relegated the laptop to a specific niche use. The original HD has some issues and the laptop would periodically lock up. Got fed up and decided to check on another SSD. Found the 256GB version for a bit over $30 so I thought I'd give it another try. Loaded it up and installed it and it works so far. Only been a couple of days but no lockups of the computer. We'll see if this one dies in a year or two also. For the price it's worth another shot.

I purchased this for use in a QOTOM Q535G6 network appliance computer. This will also work in the related models Q555G6 and Q575G6 (only difference in these models is the CPU: I3, I5, and I7).This was easy to install. It comes with a retaining screw in case your system doesn't have one.Just a reminder that this is mSATA, not M.2; they are completely different form factors.The 128GB and 256GB sizes are a good value if you're looking for an OS boot drive for a network appliance type system that uses mSATA.

Works well with my lenovo thinkpad T420. Originaly got Dogfish branded MSATA from Amazon that failed on me after 1.5-2 yrs. I wasn't sure if it was the Dogfish SSD went bad or the connection inside computer. But an adapter that showed the Dogfish M.SATA SSD was not properly working. So I got this Zheino MSATA SSD and so fair it works like a charm! I just hope it lasts > 2 years. My T420 is going strong after almost 10 years!