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SOLVED: What Type of SSD Should I Buy?

In our article A Brief Explanation of the History and Differences in SSD Memory With a Focus On the Crucial P1 we explained the different types of modern day SSD’s and how they came to be.  That leaves most people with the simple question of ‘what type of Solid State Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 6 yearsAugust 5, 2019 ago
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VIDEO: How To Clone Your Laptop Disk to an SSD – Sony Viao PCG8114L Swap Spinning Disk for SSD

We show how to use FREE disk cloning software, EaseUS Backup, and common external disk hardware clone your laptop disk. We demonstrate the process and performance increase on an old Sony VIAO. If you just want to see how to swap the spinning disk to an SSD on a Sony Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsDecember 20, 2018 ago

SOLVED: What is Intel Optane and Does Optane Run Faster Than SSD?

We explain and demonstrate what Intel Optane is, what you need to run it, and if it will really improve your PC’s performance. What is Intel Optane? Intel Optane is an accelerator for your hard drive.   Intel Optane is stick of non-volatile memory, which means it does not get wiped clean Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 8 yearsJuly 27, 2017 ago

Solved: How To Disassemble an Asus X550, X552, X553, X751 Series Laptop and Replace the Hard Drive

This Asus X series laptops are very interesting because they use new Intel Pentium Bay Trail N2830 N2930 and N3530 CPU’s that use about 4 watts of power.  This means: they do not need active cooling (i.e. no CPU fan) which means they have no moving parts, which means they Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 9 yearsJanuary 30, 2016 ago

SOLVED: How to Change the Hard Drive for an SSD on a Lenovo Flex 3

Most Lenovo Flex 3’s ship with a spinning disk which operates at an embarrassing 5400RPM.  Two words: scrap it!  Go spend $75 and buy an SSD.  The process to swap out the hard drive is simple: Unplug the unit from the AC power and all other devices (i.e. USB mouse…) Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 10 yearsOctober 17, 2015 ago

SOLVED: How Much Better is an SSD Than A Spinning Hard Disk

The value of an SSD (Solid State Disk) as compared to a spinning platter hard disk is something that can be successfully argued by both sides.  However the SANDISK sponsored (no, they did not pay us to post it!) does provide some reasonable numbers you can use as a guide. Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 11 yearsDecember 9, 2014 ago

SOLVED: Defraging an SSD drive on Windows 8?

As you likely already know, SSD are not hard disks, they are memory with a finite number of writes so regularly defraging an SSD will significantly reduce its life.  In Windows 8, you may see your SSD still show up in Windows Defrag and that might scare you… fear not Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 12 yearsDecember 4, 2013 ago

SOLVED: What are the Most Reliable Drives? Actual Return Rates

Companies are notorious for providing questionable MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure).  Disks are no exception to this rule.  We found that www.behardware.com had acquired actual return rates and so we took their number and compiled the following list.  The numbers are …taken from a large French etailer, whose database we have Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 13 yearsJune 19, 2012 ago

SSD and RAID, What You NEED to Know

Originally, this post was titled:  “If you are planning on putting a couple of SSD drives in a RAID 1 (Mirror), don’t.” but after many more hours of calls to Intel and pages of reading I can safely say: “If you are planning on putting a couple of SSD drives Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 14 yearsFebruary 11, 2011 ago
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