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 ...

I have a Linux Mint 16 Petra laptop, the drive is 300GB and it's encrypted with an older version of truecrypt (before all the hub bub happened) Anyway, I enjoy the system but wanted a little more ...

When I first wrote about using solid state drives (SSDs) to radically improve the performance of older Macs, high-capacity SSDs were just beginning to become affordable. Replacing a Mac’s 500GB or 1TB ...

What’s the most effective way to replace a hard drive without losing data? Undoubtedly through a 1-to-1 copy, and disk cloning software can help do that without any hassle. Whether it’s to clone a ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo shows how you can replace your computer's hard drive with a solid-state drive and be significantly happier with your life. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with ...

The first SSD I ever used was the Samsung 860 EVO — a 250GB SATA drive that was a phenomenal upgrade over my hard drive back ...

The best external SSDs offer a level of storage performance, read/write speed, and reliability that wasn't possible with older external hard drives. They're also lighter and much less susceptible to ...