boot drives
Best Buy customers often prefer the following products when searching for boot drives.
A boot drive is a small, portable hard drive that can be used to store your operating system and programs. It is essential if you want to be able to recover your computer's operating system in case of a problem. If you're unsure of what boot drive to get, here are some options. Browse the top-ranked list of boot drives below along with associated reviews and opinions.
Crucial - P3 Plus 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: CT1000P3PSSD8SKU: 6509715Top comment"Use this as my boot drive and much more. Included it into my new 13th gen build....I have MSFS solely on this drive and noticed it did seem to start up faster....Fast drive at a good price"
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Valuable Gen4 performance is here. Introducing the Crucial P3 Plus Gen4 NVMe SSD, delivering impressive speed with sequential reads/writes up to 5000/4200MB/s1 while providing data protection for optimal security. Engineered by Micron with the latest Gen4 NVMe technology, the Crucial P3 Plus comes in generous capacities2 and offers flexible backward compatibility for most Gen3 systems.Top comment"Use this as my boot drive and much more. Included it into my new 13th gen build....I have MSFS solely on this drive and noticed it did seem to start up faster....Fast drive at a good price"
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Valuable Gen4 performance is here. Introducing the Crucial P3 Plus Gen4 NVMe SSD, delivering impressive speed with sequential reads/writes up to 5000/4200MB/s1 while providing data protection for optimal security. Engineered by Micron with the latest Gen4 NVMe technology, the Crucial P3 Plus comes in generous capacities2 and offers flexible backward compatibility for most Gen3 systems.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $54.99The previous price was $57.99
WD - WD_BLACK SN850X 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5 and Desktops
Model: WDBB9H0010BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512132Top comment"Very fast m.2 ssd highly recommended who needs fast boot up....easy to install and saves not having to use a external drive"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 1TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"Very fast m.2 ssd highly recommended who needs fast boot up....easy to install and saves not having to use a external drive"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 1TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $100.99The previous price was $204.99
Crucial - P3 4TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe
Model: CT4000P3SSD8SKU: 6509716Top comment"I cloned my original 1TB drive onto this one and I partitioned the rest as a separate drive... ...Great storage drive...For the price, this nvme drive is unbeatable for storage purposes. Would not use as a boot or OS drive though."
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Basic bootup speeds won’t cut it — not at work, on the go, or in the game. But the Crucial P3 SSD is anything but basic. With NVMe performance that’s more than 6x faster than SATA2 and storage capacities up to 4TB3, the P3 leaves older storage technology in the dust. Get faster bootups, downloads and file transfers, and store all your files, photos, videos, apps, and games with room to spare with the quality and dependability you expect from Crucial.Top comment"I cloned my original 1TB drive onto this one and I partitioned the rest as a separate drive... ...Great storage drive...For the price, this nvme drive is unbeatable for storage purposes. Would not use as a boot or OS drive though."
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Basic bootup speeds won’t cut it — not at work, on the go, or in the game. But the Crucial P3 SSD is anything but basic. With NVMe performance that’s more than 6x faster than SATA2 and storage capacities up to 4TB3, the P3 leaves older storage technology in the dust. Get faster bootups, downloads and file transfers, and store all your files, photos, videos, apps, and games with room to spare with the quality and dependability you expect from Crucial.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $199.99The previous price was $239.99
WD - BLACK SN850X 4TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512129Top comment"Great drive....Great NVMe drive. Nice and fast and large enough for me to upgrade the system without having all the SSDs needed....I brought 2 work great in my TRX40 motherboard. have them on a add-in card and my motherboaed supports bifurcation able to them in raid 0 if I need to just not ablr to boot windows 11 pro from them. I have them running in 4tb mode but called WD support said raid 0 is supported by 2 drives only which works."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 4TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"Great drive....Great NVMe drive. Nice and fast and large enough for me to upgrade the system without having all the SSDs needed....I brought 2 work great in my TRX40 motherboard. have them on a add-in card and my motherboaed supports bifurcation able to them in raid 0 if I need to just not ablr to boot windows 11 pro from them. I have them running in 4tb mode but called WD support said raid 0 is supported by 2 drives only which works."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 4TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $299.99The previous price was $649.99
WD - WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5 and Desktops
Model: WDBB9H0020BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512130Top comment"PS5 Drive...This drive was perfect for my PS5. Easy to install. Highly recommend....Fast drive. Heat sink already attached. Installed in my PS5. "
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"PS5 Drive...This drive was perfect for my PS5. Easy to install. Highly recommend....Fast drive. Heat sink already attached. Installed in my PS5. "
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $179.99The previous price was $334.99
WD - BLACK SN850X 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: WDBB9G0020BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512128Top comment"This was a fast SSD. Games boot up instantly!...Decent drive for the price if you grab it on sale...No issues with WD Black nvme drives, this will be my 3rd and 2nd 2tb drive."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"This was a fast SSD. Games boot up instantly!...Decent drive for the price if you grab it on sale...No issues with WD Black nvme drives, this will be my 3rd and 2nd 2tb drive."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $149.99The previous price was $309.99
WD - Blue SA510 500GB Internal SSD SATA
Model: WDBB8H5000ANC-WRSNSKU: 6506979Top comment"SSD DRIVE...My 16 year old laptop now boots up much faster and performs better....Should be your go-to for affordable boot drive options. Plenty of room for you OS and all of your programs."
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Breathe new life into your PC so you can push your work further and grow your creative potential. Designed specifically for professionals, creatives, freelancers, social influencers, and other passionate content creators and editors, the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD helps boost your PC’s performance so you can be more productive. The drive is available in 2.5" or M.2 slots and includes Acronis True Image for Western Digital backup and cyber protection software plus a free three-month Dropbox Professional trial. This fast, reliable SSD helps you boot up faster, cut lag times, and speed up edits and file transfers for a sustainable desktop upgrade—no expensive new PC purchase required.Top comment"SSD DRIVE...My 16 year old laptop now boots up much faster and performs better....Should be your go-to for affordable boot drive options. Plenty of room for you OS and all of your programs."
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Breathe new life into your PC so you can push your work further and grow your creative potential. Designed specifically for professionals, creatives, freelancers, social influencers, and other passionate content creators and editors, the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD helps boost your PC’s performance so you can be more productive. The drive is available in 2.5" or M.2 slots and includes Acronis True Image for Western Digital backup and cyber protection software plus a free three-month Dropbox Professional trial. This fast, reliable SSD helps you boot up faster, cut lag times, and speed up edits and file transfers for a sustainable desktop upgrade—no expensive new PC purchase required.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $39.99The previous price was $64.99
WD - Blue SA510 1TB Internal SSD SATA
Model: WDBB8H0010BNC-WRSNSKU: 6506976Top comment"WD SSD Drive 1T...Going from a standard hard drive that took forever to boot up and it was noisy to this SSD drive it improved my computer's boot time is almost instant, faster and specially quiet....Fast boot and OS drive...Moved all data from mechanical drive to this drive and it runs great."
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Breathe new life into your PC so you can push your work further and grow your creative potential. Designed specifically for professionals, creatives, freelancers, social influencers, and other passionate content creators and editors, the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD helps boost your PC’s performance so you can be more productive. The drive is available in 2.5" or M.2 slots and includes Acronis True Image for Western Digital backup and cyber protection software plus a free three-month Dropbox Professional trial. This fast, reliable SSD helps you boot up faster, cut lag times, and speed up edits and file transfers for a sustainable desktop upgrade—no expensive new PC purchase required.Top comment"WD SSD Drive 1T...Going from a standard hard drive that took forever to boot up and it was noisy to this SSD drive it improved my computer's boot time is almost instant, faster and specially quiet....Fast boot and OS drive...Moved all data from mechanical drive to this drive and it runs great."
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Breathe new life into your PC so you can push your work further and grow your creative potential. Designed specifically for professionals, creatives, freelancers, social influencers, and other passionate content creators and editors, the WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD helps boost your PC’s performance so you can be more productive. The drive is available in 2.5" or M.2 slots and includes Acronis True Image for Western Digital backup and cyber protection software plus a free three-month Dropbox Professional trial. This fast, reliable SSD helps you boot up faster, cut lag times, and speed up edits and file transfers for a sustainable desktop upgrade—no expensive new PC purchase required.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $54.99The previous price was $107.99
PNY - CS1030 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe
Model: M280CS1030-2TB-RBSKU: 6463145Top comment"FF11 loaded so fast, he wasn't prepared fot it. Boot and shutdown times were amazing. This is also paired with a CS900 SATA 2.5 SSD for a total of 4tb storage....Got this on sale, run all my games off of this drive, very fast, and very easy to install."
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The PNY CS1030 M.2 NVMe SSD is an excellent choice for an NVMe upgrade from a SATA based solid state drive (SSD) or hard traditional hard drive in an NVMe enabled desktop or laptop computer. The CS1030 drive is designed to be an upgrade from conventional SATA based storage to take advantage of the high bandwidth of the NVMe interface to help realize faster boot times, quicker application launches, and better overall system performance. Do more in less time with NVMe; boot up, power down, and load applications up to 4 times faster than with SATA based storage. With no moving parts, the PNY CS1030 M.2 NVMe SSD is highly durable, less likely to fail, and supports a 5 year warranty.Top comment"FF11 loaded so fast, he wasn't prepared fot it. Boot and shutdown times were amazing. This is also paired with a CS900 SATA 2.5 SSD for a total of 4tb storage....Got this on sale, run all my games off of this drive, very fast, and very easy to install."
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The PNY CS1030 M.2 NVMe SSD is an excellent choice for an NVMe upgrade from a SATA based solid state drive (SSD) or hard traditional hard drive in an NVMe enabled desktop or laptop computer. The CS1030 drive is designed to be an upgrade from conventional SATA based storage to take advantage of the high bandwidth of the NVMe interface to help realize faster boot times, quicker application launches, and better overall system performance. Do more in less time with NVMe; boot up, power down, and load applications up to 4 times faster than with SATA based storage. With no moving parts, the PNY CS1030 M.2 NVMe SSD is highly durable, less likely to fail, and supports a 5 year warranty.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $94.99The previous price was $109.99
PNY - CS900 1TB M.2 Internal SSD SATA III
Model: M280CS900-1TB-RBSKU: 6463143Top comment"Works great, shipping was fast, and lower price than amazon. My laptop boots up so much faster now. this should hold you over if you're not ready to purchase a new laptop/desktop....Installed the M.2 SSD in an external case and changed the boot sequence. Everything moved: operating system, apps, data, etc."
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PNY CS900 is the ideal solution for a mainstream solid state drive (SSD) upgrade from a hard disk drive (HDD). The CS900 delivers all the most sought after features at an excellent value, and is designed for an easy and cost-effective HDD replacement in the PC system to help realize faster boot times, quicker application launches and better overall system performance. With no moving parts, PNY CS900 is highly durable, less likely to fail, and features a 3 year warranty.Top comment"Works great, shipping was fast, and lower price than amazon. My laptop boots up so much faster now. this should hold you over if you're not ready to purchase a new laptop/desktop....Installed the M.2 SSD in an external case and changed the boot sequence. Everything moved: operating system, apps, data, etc."
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PNY CS900 is the ideal solution for a mainstream solid state drive (SSD) upgrade from a hard disk drive (HDD). The CS900 delivers all the most sought after features at an excellent value, and is designed for an easy and cost-effective HDD replacement in the PC system to help realize faster boot times, quicker application launches and better overall system performance. With no moving parts, PNY CS900 is highly durable, less likely to fail, and features a 3 year warranty.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $64.99
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