Boot 256G SSD on my Aspire R5-571TG-7229 What 512G SSD are capable of repalcement

Jankosailor

I need to replace the Bootable M.2 256G SSD on my Aspire R5-571TG-7229. What 512G SSD are capable of this, as I read some SSDs won't boot! This replaces my only drive on the laptop. I assume I can then load Win10 without anything but the USB boot I will need to make. Thanks

puli

it looks like your computer will not support that SSD because it is a PCIe 4.0 gen 4 SSD. Your computer does not look like it supports PCIe 4.0. You will probably need PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD or a SATA SSD.

Here is a NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD 500GB with TLC NAND.

https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-500gb-blue-sn570-nvme/p/N82E16820250210

This 2.5" SATA III one is very nice, too. It has MLC NAND which is very durable.

https://www.newegg.com/sandisk-ssd-plus-480gb/p/N82E16820173152?Item=9SIA12K77R4744&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options

You might have to change a setting in your BIOS to boot from the new drive, and install a bootable partition to it

Jankosailor

This says bootable but still hoping someone can confirm for my laptop model…

MP600 GS 500GB PCIe 4.0 (Gen 4) x4 NVMe M.2 SSD

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/data-storage/cssd-f0500gbmp600gs/mp600-gs-500gb-pcie-4-0-gen-4-x4-nvme-m-2-ssd-cssd-f0500gbmp600gs

puli

You might have to change the boot drive in your BIOS settings and also install Windows onto the new drive to give it a boot partition

StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/701321/boot-256g-ssd-on-my-aspire-r5-571tg-7229-what-512g-ssd-are-capable-of-repalcement

The Aspire R5-571TG Acer quotes an M.2 SSDs of either size(s) 2242-2260-2280 - SATA or Gen3x2 SSD in the specs, which points toward it being a SATA interface, not NVMe. The Gen 3 x2 means that an NVMe x2 drive might work, but it wouldn't be much faster than an M.2 SATA SSD drive, so to be safe stick with a M.2 SATA. Ignore any size restrictions as and drives size restriction in windows OS, is only limited to the MBR/Legacy format which is a max 2TB drive while the GUID (GPT) format is max 8 petabytes (if you can reach that capacity), Get a PCIe3x4 M.2 SSD like a WD 1TB SN530 M.2 SSD as its a suitable spec M.2 SSD drive and reasonably priced mid-range drive, you will be wasting your money if you buy a Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD drive. Good luck and hope this helps you out.

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puli

it looks like your computer will not support that SSD because it is a PCIe 4.0 gen 4 SSD. Your computer does not look like it supports PCIe 4.0. You will probably need PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD or a SATA SSD.

Here is a NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD 500GB with TLC NAND.

https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-500gb-blue-sn570-nvme/p/N82E16820250210

This 2.5" SATA III one is very nice, too. It has MLC NAND which is very durable.

https://www.newegg.com/sandisk-ssd-plus-480gb/p/N82E16820173152?Item=9SIA12K77R4744&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options

You might have to change a setting in your BIOS to boot from the new drive, and install a bootable partition to it

Jankosailor

Thanks for all responses. I replaced with Crucial 1TB from Best Buy shelf PCIe 3.0 NVMe M2.0 SSD and am thrilled! Boots clean Win10 in less than 5 sec. No issues installing. Love my 7 year old Acer once again. Now to install all my other sw ugh!

William_mk2

@Jankosailor

I am glad you say "Boots clean Win10 in less than 5 sec. No issues installing."

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