I have a Compaq laptop that I use mainly for puttering on when watching TV. I don't do a lot on it other than browsing and some Steam games (Bejewelled Twist, etc). I can't friggen stand how long it ...

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, ...

I have just purchased my first SSD. I have a lot of software installed on my laptop and for this reason I would rather clone my HDD to the SSD rather than install a fresh copy of Windows. I've just ...

Buying a new laptop or a better hard drive is always fun, but the part we all dread is migrating all the data from one device to another. Luckily, there is no shortage of ways in which this can be ...

The simplest way to clone the disk is with a dual HDD/SSD dock. Almost every dual dock has a cloning function built in. Insert the HDD into the Source bay and the SSD into the Target bay. Long press ...

Solid-state drives are all the rage. Since SSDs have no moving parts, they’re more rugged and shock-resistant than standard hard drives–which makes them perfect for laptops that get bumped around a ...

As the designated tech guy around the house, I knew even before my parents told me that their Windows 10 laptop is getting slower and slower that I had to swap the original hard drive with one of the ...

Earlier this week, I told you how installing an SSD in an old Windows 10 laptop has been the best and worst upgrade I've ever done. It was the best because the SSD gave that older machine a second ...

Inland Professional SATA III SSD: For 480GB was installed 3wks ago by a PC repair shop here in San Diego on an old Toshiba that copied my hard drive a WD BLUE 500GB ...