Things to know when upgrading hard drives to SSDs for laptops

In recent years, SSD or solid state drive has proved to be superior to traditional HDD (Hard Disk Drive) both in speed and compactness and above all The price is getting lower. However, upgrading SSDs to be effective is a matter of great concern. Below, Network Administrator will give you all you need to know when upgrading hard drives to SSDs for laptops.

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Why upgrade SSD?

Understanding the differences between SSDs and HDDs will give you the knowledge and answers to why upgrading SSDs on computers. In addition, the main factors affecting the decision to upgrade SSDs are:

1. Shorten operating system waiting time.
2. The speed of data retrieval is fast, avoiding fragmentation, ensuring good performance when using graphics, design, and gaming software.
3. Good durability and shock resistance. Specifically, the solid structure and memory chips are attached directly to the motherboard to help SSDs have better durability (average of 10-15 years), limiting the instability like HDD if have collisions.
4. Heat dissipation and energy saving, especially without causing noise.
5. Compared to HDD, SSD has a compact structure and design.

So when do you need to upgrade your hard drive to an SSD?

There are many reasons to upgrade to an SSD, but if you encounter the following situations, you need to upgrade the hard drive to SSD for your computer immediately:

1. HDD hard drives are too old, start to make noise and become hotter than before.
2. Computer reported an error: 'Non-system disk or disk error .'
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4. The computer failed to boot because the hard drive failed, from which it could not load the operating system when it was turned on.
5. You cannot install the application or the operating system because the hard drive is shaken, causing the disc surface to be frictioned with the magnetic needle too strong, causing errors and loss of operating system data.
6. You want to speed up your computer, start up and access data faster.

How to upgrade the hard drive to the best SSD

First, you need to choose an SSD model from a good brand and have the right price. Experience choosing SSDs is to choose a favorite brand or be the most appreciated by most users. After that, you learn about the brand's existing SSDs. You can refer to the best SSDs for Windows computers that we have shared in previous articles.

Once you have an SSD, you can replace it yourself or bring it to a computer repair center or laptop to get a technician to assemble it. To provide the best performance, you should transfer the HDD in your computer to a flying caddy (in case there is no extra socket) and install an SSD. This will help the computer to optimize the transmission speed more efficiently.

Note: Caddy is a tool to help mount an extra hard drive to a laptop using a DVD / CD drive. Caddy drives are often mounted in place for DVD / CD drives.

Should low-configuration laptop upgrade SSD?

If you own a low profile computer, it is advisable not to upgrade the SSD, because you will not be able to optimize the three main components of the computer: CPU, RAM and hard drive. Even, even when upgrading the parts that are CPU, old RAM is still capable of making your experience significantly reduced.

After upgrading SSD, how good is it?

1. Do not write or copy too much data on an SSD because SSDs are often used to increase data access performance, the best way is to create a virtual machine to take advantage of the HDD.
2. Limiting the use of disk defragmentation tools on SSDs, defragmenting SSD drives only reduces the read and write times of SSDs.
3. You can use the SD drive to install the software, the operating system and use the HDD to store the data, but you need to avoid having the SSD filled, otherwise it will reduce the information storage performance and read and write capabilities .

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