So to that end I would like to replace the (I am guessing) 5400 RPM HDD with a SSD and watch it speed up considerably. I don't know where to start with this.

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

Tech Computers & PCs Laptops How to replace a slow laptop HDD with a far faster and bigger SSD Got an old laptop kicking about that is now just too darn slow to be useful? Well, breathe new life ...

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Drive-ectomy, DIY-style If you're simply swapping out your boot hard drive for an SSD, then the process is the same as replacing your factory-supplied hard drive with a new hard drive.

I ripped out the old hard drive and replaced it with an SSD (solid state drive). This absolutely changed everything. My computer is now blazing fast with a solid-state drive and 16GB of RAM.

HDD vs. SSD: The key differences HDD and SSD are both used for storing data, but their functions and benefits are quite distinct.

After experiencing the speed offered by the new Retina MacBook Pro — but needing to return the review unit — Jeff Carlson decided to put a solid-state drive into his sluggish MacBook Pro. But because ...

HDDs used to be the standard for gaming 5-6 years ago, and one of the reasons was that their counterpart — SSDs — were available at highly steep prices.