Applications that enable you to back up critical business data are readily available, including the backup utility in Windows. However, the simplest method to create a backup is to transfer important ...

Parallel ATA, or PATA, hard drives and Serial ATA, or SATA, drives have virtually the same physical characteristics and platter speeds. However, the Serial ATA bus supports much faster data throughput ...

The ability to migrate your OS from HDD (hard disk drive) to SSD (solid state drive) without erasing data is indispensable. The latter will provide you with a smoother experience as it is faster and ...

3. Free Up Space (If Needed) If you're upgrading to an SSD that's smaller than your current hard drive, you'll want to take extra care here. This isn't as common as it once was, thanks to bigger and ...

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, ...

Upgrading your laptop's storage to a modern SSD can make a big difference to its performance on paper and how it feels to use. An SSD swap for an old hard drive or adding in a faster NVMe SSD to ...

There is one upgrade that will universally improve a laptop’s performance: adding an SSD. This is a particularly attractive upgrade for budget laptops, which typically come with a hard drive. That’s ...

* Intel SSD 510, next in series of Intel SSD introductions for 2011, transfers more data in less time. * Ideal for gamers, media creators, performance-intensive workstations, Intel SSD 510 offers ...