One way to speed up your computer is by swapping out your optical hard drive for a solid-state drive (an SSD). There’s a significant speed difference in this swap, because you’re moving from the ...

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I've been using File History and System Image Backups of my HP laptop running Windows 10 to an external USB 3.0 portable drive. I'm thinking about upgrading to SSD or maybe even getting a new PC. I've ...

There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

So, my Google- and Search-fu is failing me. Is there a migration path from a single SSD (AHCI) to a SSD + 2TB HDD RST setup without reinstalling Windows? Sounds like a bad idea. Personally i'd only ...

At the beginning of the year, when my girlfriend was in the market for a new computer, I successfully persuaded her to purchase a refurbished mid-2010 15″ MacBook Pro (specifically a model MC373LL/A).

Users mostly migrate their systems from SSD to USB or SSD to SSD, primarily for backups or portability. HDD migrations to USB and SSD also play important roles. The following is the proportion of main ...

Computers use two main types of storage: hard disk drives and solid-state drives. Both store your files, applications and operating system, but they work differently. These differences significantly ...