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Upgrade your PC to an SSD without skimping on storage space

Posted on March 7, 2021

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As you probably know by now, replacing the hard drive in your laptop with an SSD is an easy way to put your machine into overdrive.

Simply put, Solid State Drives are virtual speed demons when compared to even the fastest spinning hard drives.

But unfortunately, those wishing to make this awesome upgrade faced a problem…

Making the switch from a slow spinning hard drive to a speedy SSD meant giving up a ton of storage space.

Well, guess what? That problem has virtually disappeared.

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Q&A: What’s the best SSD to replace a 1TB hard drive with?

Posted on February 27, 2021

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Question from Brad: The 1TB hard drive in my desktop computer has started making odd noises and I’m afraid it’s about to break.

I have already copied all my files onto an external hard drive so I’m prepared if it does go belly up on me.

I’m wanting to replace the failing hard drive with an SSD that has at least the same amount of storage space. I’d like to keep the cost as close to $100 as possible.

Can you could recommend the best SSD for me to get in that price range?

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Q&A: How can I stop my downloads from filling up my PC’s small SSD?

Posted on December 4, 2020

Question from Micah H: I read your post about how replacing the hard drive with an SSD will make a computer run a lot faster.

That really sounded good so I installed a Micron 60GB SSD (I got it at a GREAT price!) in my HP desktop PC.

I installed Windows 10 on the SSD and put most of my programs on the hard drive (which I had left in there for extra storage).

The SSD did speed the computer up quite a bit but I’m having a problem with it running out of storage space.

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How to clone the contents of a hard drive onto a new hard drive or SSD

Posted on November 29, 2020

There are times when we need to copy the entire contents of one hard drive onto another hard drive.

This process is called “cloning”, and it is most often done when upgrading to a larger drive or replacing a drive that is about to fail.

Cloning a hard drive isn’t all that difficult. All you need is both drives connected to the computer at the same time and a copy of a good hard drive cloning utility (I use and recommend Clonezilla because it works well and is available as a free download).

Here’s how to use Clonezilla to clone the contents of one hard drive onto another: [Read more…]

Review: Inateck 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch SSD Mounting Bracket Adapter kit

Posted on July 17, 2019

Regular readers of this blog know I’m always talking about how replacing a computer’s hard drive with an SSD provides more “bang for the buck” than just about any other hardware upgrade you can make.

The only other upgrade that even comes close is a RAM upgrade, and that’s only true if the machine is running low on RAM in the first place.

Luckily, swapping out the hard drive for an SSD in most laptops is a breeze. Since both drives are typically 2.5 inch drives it’s literally as easy as removing the hard drive and installing the SSD in its place. A fast and easy process.

However, that isn’t the case with most desktop PCs. [Read more…]

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