WILL WINDOWS 11 WORK ON A LEGACY SATA 2 64GB SSD FROM 2010

Описание: The SanDisk P4 64GB SSD was first announced in late 2010 and benchmarked around February of 2011. It was a budget-oriented SATA II (3 Gb/s) drive, offering modest speeds compared to modern SSDs, with sequential reads around 130–147 MB/s and writes between 66–92 MB/s.

Entry-level SSD designed for notebooks and embedded systems, not high-performance desktops.

Technical Specifications
Capacity: 64 GB (usable ~59.5 GB)
Form Factor: 1.8-inch
Interface: SATA II (SATA 2.6 standard, 3 Gb/s max)
Controller: SanDisk proprietary
Firmware: SSD 8.10 (upgradeable)
ATA Version: 8 (ACS)
Advanced Format: Not supported
TRIM Support: Yes
NCQ (Native Command Queuing): Not supported
Power Management: No APM or DevSleep support

Performance Benchmarks
Metric | Value

Max Interface Speed 300 MB/s (SATA II limit)
Sequential Read 131–147 MB/s
Sequential Write 66–92 MB/s
Access Time (Read) ~0.40 ms
Access Time (Write) ~2.5 ms
IOPS (4KQD1) ~4 MB/s equivalent
IOPS (32KQD20) ~9 MB/s equivalent

reliability & Security
SMART Sensors: 11 available (though SCT not supported)
Self-Test Duration: ~16 minutes
Temperature Sensor: Not supported
Security Features: Drive access restriction, enhanced secure erase, and data destruction supported

Limitations & Trade-offs
Performance: Even at launch, speeds were considered slow compared to competitors like Intel’s X25 series or Samsung’s early SSDs.
Interface Bottleneck: Limited by SATA II, making it obsolete against SATA III and NVMe drives.
Capacity: 64 GB was minimal, often used as a boot drive rather than for storage.
No NCQ or advanced power management, reducing efficiency in multitasking and mobile use.


The SanDisk P4 64GB SSD was one of the early consumer SSDs, released in 2010, aimed at affordability and basic performance. It offered 140 MB/s reads and 90 MB/s writes, sufficient for faster boot times compared to HDDs but far behind modern SSDs. Today, it’s more of a retro artifact than a practical storage solution.