Hey there! So I was getting some PC parts together to gift to my mom for Christmas and I'm thinking about getting her an SSD instead of a regular hard drive, however I have never personally dealt with one myself so I have a few questions. (Most of which I have a pretty good guess about but I wanted to confirm it) She has a TB of cloud data that she likes to use so a smaller size storage space isn't really a problem. Any answers or opinions are greatly appreciated!
Questions: (* = Important)
*1. Do you install them just like regular hard drives?
2. How does the safety of corruption and what not compare with regular hard drives?
3. Are there any problems I should be aware of when getting one of these for the first time? (i.e. Sizes for the hard drive slots on case, screws, non-compatibility with cases, known issues with booting, etc.)
*4. Do you need to have a hard drive and a SSD or can an SSD stand alone? (I'm pretty sure it can stand alone but I'd hate if it can't and I buy it and it doesn't work)
5. Does this SSD look good? https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480556466&sr=1-4&keywords=SSD (idk what Im really looking for it just had high ratings and looked nice)
Thats all I can think of for now. If you have anything else you would like to warn or bring up please do! I am thankful for any and all help
Questions: (* = Important)
*1. Do you install them just like regular hard drives?
2. How does the safety of corruption and what not compare with regular hard drives?
3. Are there any problems I should be aware of when getting one of these for the first time? (i.e. Sizes for the hard drive slots on case, screws, non-compatibility with cases, known issues with booting, etc.)
*4. Do you need to have a hard drive and a SSD or can an SSD stand alone? (I'm pretty sure it can stand alone but I'd hate if it can't and I buy it and it doesn't work)
5. Does this SSD look good? https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480556466&sr=1-4&keywords=SSD (idk what Im really looking for it just had high ratings and looked nice)
Thats all I can think of for now. If you have anything else you would like to warn or bring up please do! I am thankful for any and all help