Posted on 1st Mar 2015
Do you have a late model laptop computer that is either out of space or doesn’t seem to deliver the performance you’re looking for? You can breathe new life into your computer and increase your performance without having to purchase a brand new laptop. A relatively new and exciting storage technology has come to market which will solve space/performance issues. It’s called Solid State Hybrid Drive technology or SSHD.
How to Upgrade Your Laptop Drive
This new hybrid storage category uses just a small amount of solid state storage and integrates it with a traditional hard drive. The result delivers exceptionally fast performance, big capacity points like a hard drive and a price that is very affordable. You can get performance you never thought possible and the extra capacity to store your digital life
Sound complicated? It’s actually quite simple. Replacing the hard drive in your laptop computer is much easier than you might think. Here are the three steps to upgrading the storage in your laptop computer.
Now that you know it’s relatively simple to tackle your own upgrade,let’s take a look at the two key tools you’ll need to get it done:
Seagate provides a free download of DiscWizard software, which includes a feature to automate the data duplication process or clone your installed hard drive.
Please read “How can I copy / transfer all the data from my old boot drive to my new Seagate drive?” to make a duplicate of your current drive.
There is no need to be afraid to tackle this simple but effective way to boost the performance in your aging laptop while simultaneously getting a bunch of needed capacity. You’ll be up and running in no time. Don’t be surprised when you start to think you've purchased a brand new system!