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, ...

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A: The age of your computer may determine whether you can replace its hard drive with an SSD. An older computer needs a SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) connection to link to most SSDs.

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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, ...