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).

Got an old laptop kicking about that is now just too darn slow to be useful? Well, breathe new life into it by following T3's laptop HDD to SSD installation guide.

By modifying the SSD version instead of paying for the HDD version, you get a lighter weight laptop with similar specs. You can check out the video after the jump.

How to Connect/Install A Hard Drive to Your Computer After deciding on a proper disk cloning tool, the next step is to connect the new SSD or HDD to your computer, which may vary based on your device.

Looking to turbocharge an aging laptop? A solid-state drive not only is effective but can be downright cheap. SATA, M.2 SSDs, ...

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

Some people prefer to keep their old hard drives and replace the optical drive with an SSD. Other people want to keep the optical drive and swap the hard drive for an SSD.

When it comes to upgrades, CPUs get all the attention, but odds are that turning your boot drive into an SSD will do more for your everyday performance. We show you how to do it right.