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).

How to Transfer Files From C: Drive to the F: Drive. Applications that enable you to back up critical business data are readily available, including the backup utility in Windows.

Make sure you plug into a SATA 6Gbps/SATA 3.0 port if you’re installing a solid state drive. Otherwise, performance may be constrained. Once you’re all set up, close your computer and start it up.

How to Transfer Programs From a PATA to a SATA Drive. Parallel ATA, or PATA, hard drives and Serial ATA, or SATA, drives have virtually the same physical characteristics and platter speeds.

The ability to migrate your OS from HDD (hard disk drive) to SSD (solid state drive) without erasing data is indispensable.

SATA M.2 drives tend to be far more affordable than PCIe drives.The 500GB version of the WD Blue drive we used was going for $110 when we wrote this. A 512GB WD Black M.2 PCIe SSD was going for $173.

Is your once roomy boot SSD getting full? Now that there are lots of options for NVMe models, it's worth considering whether you should snag one for your upgrade.