This cleverly disguised 2.5-inch RAID enclosure drastically improved the performance of our hard drives in RAID 0. But continuing problems with configuring SSDs leaves us unable to recommend it in ...

so my 3-year old hp pavillion dv5's video card just died. when i turn the laptop on, the lights come on but the screen stays blank. it would cost $330 to get it repaired by hp, and as a grad student, ...

Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.

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My first hard drive was just 40 MB. Back then, circa 1990, the only reason you'd upgrade a hard drive was to increase your storage space. But, today, with the recent introduction of new hard-drive ...

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When replacing the hard drive on your older notebook computer, you'll need to know whether the drive is a Serial ATA or Parallel ATA connection. If the notebook is only a few years old, it almost ...

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 ...

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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, ...