1) The Crucial Drive should work without issue in the Sony laptop, the M4 is a fast drive and will make that fast machine even faster.
The Sony may or may not support SATA III (6GBps) but if not, the drive will step down to SATA II (3GBps) and still be lightning fast.
2) In every case of installing SSDs in systems, they were all recognized properly by the system BIOS, some required BIOS tweaks in the settings for the correct drive mode, Windows 7 has all of the drivers you need built right in, there are forums (referenced below) where you can find very helpful guides to installing and optimizing Windows 7 on and SSD. Every machine has its idiosyncrasies with respect to getting an SSD installed and optimized. You will need to find a user group of folks with the same or similar model machines as your own to really get the scoop on the details.
3) I have read in many places that cloning a drive with platters to an SSD is not always a good idea. It will not hurt anything so you could certainly try it, but you may not get the performance you expect because the cloned image may not be proprly "aligned" on the SSD, some cloning software is supposed to be designed to ensure the clone is properly aligned. Installing Windows fresh on the new drive is the optimal method most people use, this sets windows in specific modes with the correct drivers to best handle running from an SSD.
Be patient, in all three cases where I performed this task, it took time to locate the right information and to perform the build, install the apps, and tweak the system for best performance. Once you get it running right, it will fly.
The Sony may or may not support SATA III (6GBps) but if not, the drive will step down to SATA II (3GBps) and still be lightning fast.
2) In every case of installing SSDs in systems, they were all recognized properly by the system BIOS, some required BIOS tweaks in the settings for the correct drive mode, Windows 7 has all of the drivers you need built right in, there are forums (referenced below) where you can find very helpful guides to installing and optimizing Windows 7 on and SSD. Every machine has its idiosyncrasies with respect to getting an SSD installed and optimized. You will need to find a user group of folks with the same or similar model machines as your own to really get the scoop on the details.
3) I have read in many places that cloning a drive with platters to an SSD is not always a good idea. It will not hurt anything so you could certainly try it, but you may not get the performance you expect because the cloned image may not be proprly "aligned" on the SSD, some cloning software is supposed to be designed to ensure the clone is properly aligned. Installing Windows fresh on the new drive is the optimal method most people use, this sets windows in specific modes with the correct drivers to best handle running from an SSD.
Be patient, in all three cases where I performed this task, it took time to locate the right information and to perform the build, install the apps, and tweak the system for best performance. Once you get it running right, it will fly.
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