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).

By adding a solid-state drive to a budget laptop, either as a hard-drive replacement or companion, you can realize noticeable gains and get additional life from your portable PC.

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.

Not all laptops make it easy to replace your SSD, but for those where you can, it can be done in just a few minutes. Here's how to install an SSD in your laptop.

Drive-ectomy, DIY-style If you're simply swapping out your boot hard drive for an SSD, then the process is the same as replacing your factory-supplied hard drive with a new hard drive.

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.