Question: Pre-Context: I’m good with software but newbie in hardware. I had issues replacing memory for notebook, I found out that there are several models and types of ram memory, and stuffes like voltage, cycles, and others things matter and I didnt know.
Context:My hard drive is hdd and I want to change to SSD, but I don’t know if the SSD I buy will work in another notebook whatever notebook is. If I buy the SSD(which is kind expensive) and my notebook dies suddenly, I want to know if this SSD can be used in (any)other notebook or its like ram memory: full of specifics details.
So can I use any SSD in any laptop?Thanks
Answer: Almost
At this point of time there’s roughly 3-4 common SSD form factors. In most cases on any laptop that has a conventional hard drive), a 2.5 inch sata hard drive should work. The 7mm Z height is essentially the standard here and should work. This is a safe bet unless your next PC is a really cheap emmc based one (which has soldered on memory) or you have a ultrabook (which probably has no sata bay). If it has a hard drive, a sata drive will work.
However there’s 2 newer form factors which some systems may use. msata is obsoleteish these days and is a smaller, lighter alternative. Its been replaced mostly by m.2 (which has sata and pcie flavours – and not all ports support both). Quite a lot of laptops also have these alongside a traditional bay too, and they’re more future proof.