MB Pro 2015 have NVME PCIe SSD which are super fast. I was thinking to replace mine with a bigger capacity one. And then use the old one in a Windows laptop, if that's possible. Since my Windows laptop have SATA SSD I need an adapter, so NVME PCIe SSD to SATA adapter exist?
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It turned out that the hard drive cable was broken. Replacing it fixed the problem completely.
Just managed to upgrade my Late 2012 Retina Macbook Pro using a Samsung mSATA 512GB SSD and an 7+17 pin adapter like this one:
WORKS!
PS. Use "sudo trimforce enable" in the Terminal, to get trim and full speed.
PS1. Newer Retina Macbook Pros use the 18+8 pin adapter like this one (don't know if they fit, late-2012 Retinas have a lot of room unlike the newer models): http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Lightweight-mSATA-to-18-Plus-8-Pin-SSD-Adapter-for-MacBook-Pro-Retina-F-OS/32420956007.html?spm=2114.01020208.3.2.hligL2&ws_ab_test=201556_2,201527_1_71_72_73_74_75,201409_2
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I don’t recommend doing this.
First off, finding an Apple proprietary NVMe adapter to put into a PC is next to impossible. You’re more likely to find an NVME adapter that goes from the industry standard M2 to Apple’s proprietary format. My guess is that the market is too small - there simply isn’t enough Apple NVME SSDs in the wild where people want to install them into PCs.
Secondly, that Apple NVME SSD is super fast and connecting it to a SATA interface will just slow it down; you’ll never get the speed out of it once you connect it to a SATA interface.
Instead, sell the Apple SSD (they do go for quite a bit of pocket change) and get a standard SSD instead. Save yourself the headache of trying to convert.