21-10-2019, 12:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-10-2019, 12:31 PM by Mike Watterson.)
If it was used in any other than basic way on Windows then you may need to use Windows Disk Manager to delete the partitions*. You may need a utility to add a compatible EFI partition for the computer in some cases.
* Especially applies to LVM and RAID. Fixing ex RAID drives may need version of windows and/or the HW RAID controller if one was used.
However non-enterprise SSDs are less reliable than WD 1G Black or NAS HDDs. Smart utilities give warning of developing problems with HDD, there is little to no advance warning of SSD failure. Also in practice the biggest speed gain with SSD is on multiuser/multiprocess applications like a file server for 20+ people or a web server, not single user usage.
* Especially applies to LVM and RAID. Fixing ex RAID drives may need version of windows and/or the HW RAID controller if one was used.
However non-enterprise SSDs are less reliable than WD 1G Black or NAS HDDs. Smart utilities give warning of developing problems with HDD, there is little to no advance warning of SSD failure. Also in practice the biggest speed gain with SSD is on multiuser/multiprocess applications like a file server for 20+ people or a web server, not single user usage.
