Hard Drive | 250 GB 2D NAND SSD |
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- Coverage for accidental damage including drops, spills, and broken parts, as well as breakdowns (plans vary)
- 24/7 support when you need it.
- Quick, easy, and frustration-free claims.
- Your Rescue Plan documents will be delivered to you via email only to the address associated with your Amazon.com account and can be found in your account message center within the Buyer/Seller Messages.
- If your drive stops working, the Rescue data recovery plan will attempt to recover the data from the failed drive and recovered data will be returned on a media storage device or via secure cloud-based data storage.
- Covers new solid state drives of any brand when purchased within 30 days (receipt must be retained for purchases not on the same transaction).
- Free shipping for in–lab data recovery; 24/7 online case status tracking
- If your data isn’t recovered, you get your money back
- Your Rescue Plan documents will be delivered to you via email only to the address associated with your Amazon.com account and can be found in your account message center within the Buyer/Seller Messages.
- If your drive stops working, the Rescue data recovery plan will attempt to recover the data from the failed drive and recovered data will be returned on a media storage device or via secure cloud-based data storage.
- Covers new Solid State drives of any brand when purchased within 30 days (receipt must be retained for purchases not on the same transaction).
- Free shipping for in–lab data recovery; 24/7 online case status tracking
- If your data isn’t recovered, you get your money back
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- Coverage for accidental damage including drops, spills, and broken parts, as well as breakdowns (plans vary)
- 24/7 support when you need it.
- Quick, easy, and frustration-free claims.
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Digital Storage Capacity | 250 GB |
Hard Disk Interface | Solid State |
Connectivity Technology | USB |
Brand | Western Digital |
Special Feature | Portable |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | 2D NAND SSD |
Compatible Devices | Laptop, Desktop |
Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
Color | Blue |
About this item
- Sequential read speeds of up to 545MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 525MB/s
- An industry leading 1.75M hours Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) and several error correction technologies for lasting reliability
- Optimized for multitasking to simultaneously run resource heavy applications without system slow down
- Available in 2.5 inch/7millimeter and M.2 2280 models to accommodate most PCs
- WD FIT Lab certification for compatibility across a wide range of laptop and desktop computers
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storage capacity | 250 GB | 500 GB | 500 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
hardware interface | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb, sata 3 0 gb, sata 1 5 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb | sata 6 0 gb |
compatible devices | Desktop, Laptop | PC, Mac, Laptop | Desktop | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop, Desktop | Desktop, Laptop |
form factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch |
write speed | 525 | 530 | 530 | 525 | 500 | 510 |
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Technical Details
Brand | Western Digital |
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Series | Blue |
Item model number | WDS250G1B0A |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Item Weight | 1.28 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.27 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.27 inches |
Color | Blue |
Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
Flash Memory Size | 250 GB |
Hard Drive Interface | Solid State |
Batteries | 1 AAA batteries required. |
Manufacturer | Western Digital Bare Drives |
ASIN | B01LXDQX35 |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 30, 2016 |
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Best Sellers Rank | #911 in Internal Solid State Drives |
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Optimized for multitasking and high-end computing, WD Blue solid state drives offer superior performance with industry-leading reliability. With extensive WD FIT Lab compatibility testing, a WD Blue SSD lets you upgrade your digital storage with confidence.
- Read speeds up to 545MB/s and write speeds up to 525MB/s for blazing fast performance1.
- Industry-leading 1.75M hours mean time to failures(MTTF) for lasting reliability.
- Optimized for multitasking and resource-heavy applications.
Superior performance
A WD Blue SSD has read speeds of up to 545MB/s and write speeds of up to 525MB/s for faster application response times and boosted transfer speeds. With WD Blue SSDs, you get the speed to easily run high-end applications like video games, HD media players, or creative software.
A leader in reliability
With a 1.75M hour mean time to failure (MTTF)1 and an endurance rating of up to 400 terabytes written (TBW)*, WD Blue SSDs are ready to run for years to come. Along with several error-correcting technologies, WD Blue solid state drives protect your data with lasting reliability.
*TBW (terabytes written) values calculated using JEDEC client workload (JESD219) and vary by product capacity.
Multitasking made easy
Optimized for multitasking, WD Blue SSDs can simultaneously run several resource-heavy applications with ease. Edit a 4K video, check your email and run a virus scan in the background, all without slowing your system.
A form for every PC
Available in 2.5” 7mm and M.2 2280 versions, WD Blue SSDs are ready to accommodate most laptop and desktop PC form factors.
Certified for compatibility
WD Blue SSDs go through extensive compatibility and reliability testing, and are certified by WD FIT Labs to work with a wide range of desktop and laptop computers.
Free WD SSD Dashboard
The WD SSD Dashboard gives you a powerful suite of tools to track things like your available capacity, drive health, firmware version, SMART attributes, and more.
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Ideal for | PC enthusiasts, gamers, creative professionals | Gamers, creative professionals, media enthusiasts |
Interface | SATA 2.5”/7mm & M.2 2280 | SATA |
Highest Available Capacity | 2TB | 6TB |
Limited Warranty | 3-year | 2-year |
Product Description
With superior performance and a leader in reliability, the WD Blue SSD offers digital storage that is optimized for multi-tasking and ready to keep up with your high performance computing needs. Available in both 2.5"/7mm cased and M.2 2280 form factors and WD's Functional Integrity Testing Lab (FIT Lab), the WD Blue SSD is compatible with a wide range of computers, so you can be sure you are making the right choice. Combined with the free, downloadable WD SSD Dashboard and a 3-year limited warranty, you can confidently upgrade your system to the WD Blue SSD.
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Customers appreciate the computer drive's speed, functionality, and quality. They find it performs well, is a great mainstream SSD, and an excellent upgrade from a traditional hard drive. Many consider it a good value for the price, and say it's worth it. The installation process is straightforward and the drive is usable in less than 2 minutes.
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Customers are pleased with the computer drive's speed. They say it boots up and runs much faster than a standard hard drive. It cuts down on load times, making it easier to pull up files and stream Blu-ray movies. The PC restarts quickly and is responsive, starting Windows 10 without any issues.
"This drive is not the fastest ssd drive, but it is more than fast enough. This drive has a partial metal case and feels very sturdy...." Read more
"...If you just want a good SSD that works great and is plenty fast for the price I think this one is great. 85 dollars for 250GB SSD is hard to top." Read more
"...Between the ssd and eliminating bloatware boot time is about 10 seconds...." Read more
"...SSD the difference was literally night and day, the boot up from Bios to Operating System (Windows 8.1) was almost literally instantaneous..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the computer drive's functionality. They say it works well, is easy to format, and performs according to the manufacturer's specs for read and write operations. The performance is quiet and the drive uses less power than expected.
"...Update: The drives are still running fine but wanted to mention if your using an SSD drive via a USB external drive...." Read more
"...If you just want a good SSD that works great and is plenty fast for the price I think this one is great. 85 dollars for 250GB SSD is hard to top." Read more
"...When everything was done, I opened up the WD Dashboard, and bam! Everything is good! Status says drive is good and the firmware updated...." Read more
"Works great, fast and as far as I can tell 0 issues. Plugged right up after a full format and away we went. Using it for everyday and gaming alike...." Read more
Customers appreciate the drive's quality. They say it's a great mainstream SSD, an excellent upgrade from a traditional hard drive, and a perfect choice for those upgrading to an SSD and can't afford a more expensive one.
"For $89 it is an amazing upgrade to my 4 year old laptop. Between the ssd and eliminating bloatware boot time is about 10 seconds...." Read more
"...Everything is good! Status says drive is good and the firmware updated...." Read more
"...Explanations and procedure there. All in all a very good upgrade...." Read more
"...It is now quick and responsive and allows me to stream blu-ray quality movies from my NAS. Is this the fastest out there?..." Read more
Customers appreciate the value for money of this computer drive. They say it's a great boot drive and good for 500 GB. Many consider it the best computer investment they've made.
"...I will say it's a good value to get a 1TB drive for this price." Read more
"...more space and I wanted it to be an SSD and I found this one for a good price it was easy to install and when I ran speed test on it it came very..." Read more
"...extend the life of your current computer for a few more years, and save you money and frustration in the process." Read more
"...give me confidence that this WD SSD will prove to be a very worthwhile investment." Read more
Customers find the installation process easy. They say it's straightforward, and the dashboard software is simple to use. The drive starts up quickly and is usable in less than 2 minutes. Customers also mention that cloning their hard drive is straightforward, and the drive is loaded with more software than the one they cloned from.
"...This drive has a partial metal case and feels very sturdy. Easy to setup on Linux.......I cant respond to using this with Windows but it should..." Read more
"...This is my first SSD and took me about 5 mins to install and worked like a charm. I instantly went to test it's speed...." Read more
"...and following instruction found on the internet I was able to reinstall Windows 10 very easily...." Read more
"...I had the necessary EFI upgrade installation of the OS was also very straightforward...." Read more
Customers appreciate the drive's reliability. They say it's a solid, decent SSD for a decent price that operates very stable and hasn't failed.
"...This drive has a partial metal case and feels very sturdy...." Read more
"...of the computers does not deteriorate with time, and the SSD are dependable and have a reasonable long life, I strongly recommend this product." Read more
"Works great, fast and as far as I can tell 0 issues. Plugged right up after a full format and away we went. Using it for everyday and gaming alike...." Read more
"...However, Western Digital's cloning software corrupted my Windows software and I had to reinstall Windows...." Read more
Customers appreciate the storage capacity of the computer drive. They say it's cheap, fast, and a no-brainer for data storage. It's a great SSD for long-term storage, stores all porn flawlessly, partitions the drive as required, and helps them get more organized with their files. Some mention it's the best gaming hard drive.
"...Space was another big upgrade - I went from two drives totaling 530 Gb storage space to nearly 2 Tb with this pair...." Read more
"...The solid state 1Terrabyte is a huge storage monster, and greatly improves the speed of your computer...." Read more
"...Finally used ToDo backup and this partitioned the drive as required...." Read more
"...went to reinstall windows on it and its not even a 480gb hard drive. the windows puts it at 467gb...." Read more
Customers appreciate the battery life of the product. They say it extends the laptop's lifespan, runs faster, cooler, and has longer battery life with this upgrade. Some reviewers mention that their Mac still runs like new even after 2 years of use.
"...deteriorate with time, and the SSD are dependable and have a reasonable long life, I strongly recommend this product." Read more
"...But this drive may extend the life of your current computer for a few more years, and save you money and frustration in the process." Read more
"...up super fast, is usable in less than 2 minutes, and has restored life to my laptop so I can continue to use it. Highly recommend." Read more
"...After 30 minutes found the laptop turned off. Restarted the laptop and now the Acronis software boots up the laptop not Windows 10...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2017Capacity: 1TBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseThis drive is not the fastest ssd drive, but it is more than fast enough. This drive has a partial metal case and feels very sturdy.
Easy to setup on Linux.......I cant respond to using this with Windows but it should work fine.
Several times more expensive than a spinning drive, but several times faster.
I have two of these drives and would recommend.
Update: The drives are still running fine but wanted to mention if your using an SSD drive via a USB external drive. SSD drives need to be powered up or turned on at least once a year, other wise you could risk data loss. Some say you could stretch it 2 years but why risk it. All you have to do is power it on and let run for a few minutes and your good for another year. I power my drives on every few months.
So you can use SSD drive or archiving you just have to be aware of this difference compared to a spinning hard drive.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017Capacity: 250GBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseBought this SSD because I've always used WD Black HDD's in my PC. I wanted to get a Western Digital Black SSD but could not find one in the sata 6 variant only m.2 so I grabed this WD Blue SSD instead. I wanted the Samsung 850 evo but this one was on sale for 85 dollars. This is my first SSD and took me about 5 mins to install and worked like a charm. I instantly went to test it's speed. My WD Black HDD's read and write around 130-150 mb's. This SSD reads for me between 410-425 mb's and write's between 375 and 400 mb's. I'm sure there are faster and better SSD's out there but for 85 dollars I am very happy with it. Much much faster than my WD Black HDD's. Only wish I had got the 1TB version instead of the 250GB one as now I want everything on the SSD instead of the HDD due to it being so much quicker. If you just want a good SSD that works great and is plenty fast for the price I think this one is great. 85 dollars for 250GB SSD is hard to top.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017Capacity: 250GBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseFor $89 it is an amazing upgrade to my 4 year old laptop. Between the ssd and eliminating bloatware boot time is about 10 seconds. My HP Pavilion G7's hdd crapped out and I needed a quick replacement so I ordered a new Dell Inspiron to replace it. I was searching for a cheap hdd replacement just to see if I could fix the old laptop and came across this ssd for $89. Expecting the install of the ssd and windows to be a big deal I set it aside until I had a full day to commit to the install. I had the drive mounted in less than 5 minutes and following instruction found on the internet I was able to reinstall Windows 10 very easily. Probably less than 30 minutes actually "doing" and maybe an hour or so "downloading" or "installing". I can't say exactly how much time "downloading" or "installing" actually took because I got busy with other things while "downloading" and "installing". I must comment that Microsoft did a great job making a clean reinstall really easy and free. Only down side is I prefer the old laptop now because with the ssd it is faster than the Inspiron... so the Inspiron was a waste of money since I only use it for backup on it's 1.5 TB hdd at this point. I like the led display on the Inspiron better than the Pavilion so maybe when they get cheap enough I'll get a 1 TB ssd and try cloning the hdd in the Dell.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Used for data storage, installation not immediate, perfect performance so far...!
Capacity: 250GBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseIn spite of the fact that specific programs to qualify HD performance – including Windows Checkdisk – reported that our disk were OK, I bought two of these SS disks – which are not disk anymore – to replace old, conventional spinning disks used to store programs and data in our computers. We planned to clone the existing disks and replace the old disks, using a program provided by W. Digital and created by Acronis, to carry out such task. According to the instructions, the operation was supposed to be very easily accomplished. As simple as: Install SSD, clone existing, replace existing and that’s all. Well, in my personal experience, that was not at all that easy. To begin with, the SSD were not detected automatically by Windows; even using Windows Administrative Tools it was not immediate for the OS to recognize them completely. The SSD had to be formatted, and the formatting should be exactly the same as the original disk to be cloned, for the cloning be possible. The instructions provided by the cloning program are really minimal. I had to try a number of tricks and different setups to make the OS see the disks, and the cloning program do they job. However, once I solved all the inconveniences – which probably were due to problems in our computers caused by the original HD which were far more defective than reported by supervisory programs, the performance of the computers improved immensely. The change in performance of our computers was worth all the perspiration, time and trials that I had to go through in order to make the system work as expected. If the performance of the computers does not deteriorate with time, and the SSD are dependable and have a reasonable long life, I strongly recommend this product.
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SALEH S ALSUBAIEReviewed in Saudi Arabia on September 19, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars ممتاز للاجهزه القديمه
Capacity: 1TBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified Purchaseنوعيه جيده
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RGReviewed in Germany on April 29, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars funktioniert, günstig
Capacity: 250GBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseEinwandfrei, Gute Ware, funktioniert
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on October 14, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Great SSD Drive.
Capacity: 1TBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseThe 1 TB Internal drive works great. No problems partitioning the drive manually with Acronis software the free downloaded version from the WD digital website. I had to activate the other HDD (data) drive in Windows 10 when I finished the clone procedure on my primary drive. It was pretty straight forward with the Acronis software. My boot up time was cut in half with installing the Solid State Drive. Very happy with this Solid State Drive so far and the cloning of the original HDD drive worked flawlessly.
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Javi Sánchez T.Reviewed in Mexico on December 20, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars SDD WD para migrar el HDD de tu HP Pavilliom
Capacity: 500GBStyle: 2D NAND 2.5” SSDVerified PurchaseCompre este disco SDD de 500 GB para quitar el HDD de mi Laptop Pavillion. Use una utileria para migar el sistema operativo, y luego el HDD lo puse en la bahia del bluray que habia retirado previamente. Mi computadora VUELA!!! es increible la diferencia que hace un SDD como sstema operativo. No lo piensen vale la pena y deja la Laptop como si fuera de última generación. WD tiene muy buenas utilerias de diagnostico y trabaja Perfectamente. SUPER RECOMENDADO.
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Cliente de AmazonReviewed in Mexico on July 14, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno pero me "robaron" 35 Gb
Capacity: 500GBStyle: 2D NAND M.2 2280 SSDVerified PurchaseLa compré para una Lenovo y700, y funciona muy bien, hice la clonación con EaseUs todo backup y fue rápida y sencilla y la verdad se nota bastante, pasé de esperar hasta 10 minutos mientras cargaba todo el sistema a máximo 1 minuto que tarda ahora. Yo tengo la unidad de 500 pero solo están disponibles 465, una pena por qué en estos discos hasta el último GB cuenta y más en el precio