SSD fit for purpose

I want to replace the very slow Seagate HD in my notebook with an SSD. I’m thinking about
Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - WDS500G2B0A
but I suppose many other SATA SSDs would be pretty much the same as far as my questions go.

The WD “check fit by computer” doesn’t recognize my laptop but that check is about “fitting”.
Since it currently has a 2.5" HD, so I expect no “fit” difficulties with this type of SSD. My concerns are about potential functional difficulties:
should it work ok?

In addition, I would like to know if certain properties are the same as a HD.
Can it be reformatted the same way as a hard drive?
Can it be repartitioned like a hard drive?
In particular, I would like to make two partitions,
one for the OS (which Windows could subdivide by its needs
(currently Disk Management shows the 500GB HD has 6 partitions while Windows Explorer shows only C: (windows) and D: (recovery). The C: drive properties show 44.3 GB used and 393 GB free).
and one for data.

Laptop is
HP 250 G3 Notebook PC
x64-based PC
Intel® Core(TM) i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 1701 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042
Secure Boot State On

AndyHw10f hello and welcome to tenforums ,

Not only will you notice faster boot times, but applications should load faster and doing disk intensive activities like virus scans and windows updates will take less time.

Consider buying an external USB enclosure for the HDD so you can use it to clone your SSD and use the HDD as external storage.

AndyHw10f said:

I want to replace the very slow Seagate HD in my notebook with an SSD. I’m thinking about
Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD - WDS500G2B0A
but I suppose many other SATA SSDs would be pretty much the same as far as my questions go.

The WD “check fit by computer” doesn’t recognize my laptop but that check is about “fitting”.
Since it currently has a 2.5" HD, so I expect no “fit” difficulties with this type of SSD. My concerns are about potential functional difficulties:
should it work ok?

In addition, I would like to know if certain properties are the same as a HD.
Can it be reformatted the same way as a hard drive?
Can it be repartitioned like a hard drive?
In particular, I would like to make two partitions,
one for the OS (which Windows could subdivide by its needs
(currently Disk Management shows the 500GB HD has 6 partitions while Windows Explorer shows only C: (windows) and D: (recovery). The C: drive properties show 44.3 GB used and 393 GB free).
and one for data.

Laptop is
HP 250 G3 Notebook PC
x64-based PC
Intel® Core(TM) i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 1701 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042
Secure Boot State On

You might benefit from an adapter. Most of the 2.5" ssd are 7mm and you might have a 9.5mm space. The crucial mx come with an adapter - it is just a little rectangle of a special type of plastic, but it saves having to rig something up heath robinson style.

They can probably be purchased separately if needed.

Can it be reformatted the same way as a hard drive?
Can it be repartitioned like a hard drive?

yes

Must say I've never even heard of or needed a SSD height adapter. All the laptop upgrades I did have a frame where the SSD is held to the frame with four screws and height did not matter.

Machines that need an adapter must exist coz that is what the adapters are for.

steve108 said:

Must say I've never even heard of or needed a SSD height adapter. All the laptop upgrades I did have a frame where the SSD is held to the frame with four screws and height did not matter.

Same here too.

Basically @AndyHw10f, the 2.5" SSDs are direct replacements for 2.5" HDDs. Everything works the same with them as with the HDD before, except faster.

Part 3 of 4 - Installing a Crucial® 2.5" SSD: Install - YouTube at around 2:25 they show the use of the Crucial SSD spacer.

All my SSD upgrades have been SSD height independent and didn't require any spacers.