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, ...

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 ...

Running a solid state drive on your desktop computer has several advantages over using a traditional hard drive. Your computer boots faster, shuts down much more quickly and programs open faster. In ...

Depending on the model, a Compaq Presario might use a SATA hard drive or an IDE drive. The former is found in most models released after 2003, and the latter in earlier PCs. Replacing an IDE drive is ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

We HATE slow technology here at T3 Towers. As a general rule, if the machine you are using cannot keep up with the speed you are using it at, then something is wrong and, honestly, it needs dumping.

Blue Screen or BSOD is an infamous error on Windows computers. No one wants to see this error on their computer. When the Windows OS reaches a critical condition ...

When I say old, I mean OLD. I have a 15" 867MHz Titanium. In it's day it was a hot dog, but now it's been relegated to checking and writing e-mail and basic web browsing, like checking the weather ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you've ever thought to upgrade your PS4 hard drive, it may be due to the issue of constantly ...

While the rest of my PC components have seen a lot of churn over the years, my storage drives have remained more or less constant. I have been using the same Gen3 NVMe and SATA SSD since 2017, and ...