So far so good. Of course, longevity will be the ultimate judge, and I can't speak to that yet. I replaced an older desktop SATA drive that had died with this SSD. Since it is much smaller than the old style desktop HD it could not be secured in the drive bay without an adapter. I simply used a small piece of industrial strength Velcro to secure it to the bottom of the drive bay. I plugged the cables in and it was good to go. I loaded it with Win 7 Pro. I didn't have to format the drive, although Win 7 may have done that as part of the install. I ran into a glitch during the install, but It wasn't an issue caused by the drive. It appears this issue is not unusual with Win 7 Pro installs, and I was able to find an easy solution on YouTube. Yhe OS install is done, all is working well, and I'm very pleased with the drive. Programs open quickly and the system is stable. The light that used to blink when the old disc drive was reading or writing data no longer is blinking, but that may be because it's an SSD and has no moving parts? Certainly nothing to worry about. And, being an SSD with no moving parts it is absolutely silent. Bottom line? This seems to be a good drive for the price of a similar capacity SD card, and I would not hesitate to buy it again.
