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Q&A: Will replacing the hard drive with an SSD make a PC run hotter?

Posted on April 28, 2025

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Question from Michael: I have a three year old laptop that runs a bit on the warm side. It always has, ever since I first took it out of the box.

I read your post about replacing a hard drive with an SSD and I’d love to replace the existing 1TB hard drive in this laptop with a 1TB SSD.

The thing is I’m afraid it will cause the laptop to overheat since it’s getting really warm already. Do you think it might? [Read more…]

Q&A: Which is faster, the fastest hard drive or the slowest SSD?

Posted on February 22, 2025

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Question from Rod: My friend and I were discussing the advancements that have been made in technology when an interesting question came to mind.

Are the fastest hard drives made today still slower than the slowest SSDs?

I say no, but my friend says yes. [Read more…]

How to prepare for your computer’s next hard drive / SSD crash

Posted on January 21, 2025

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Most people use their computers day in and day out, and chances are you do as well.

Do you ever think about what would happen if a hard drive crash or other disaster wiped away all of their precious files?

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Beware of strange noises coming from your computer

Posted on March 22, 2024

If the hard drive in your computer is typical, it makes a distinctive sound that you probably learned to recognize once you had used your computer for a day or two.

The sound coming from your hard drive might be a quiet, smooth hum that you can barely hear (if you can hear it at all) or a slightly louder sound, but whatever sound it makes it should make consistently with very little deviation. [Read more…]

Two great ways to clone a hard drive or SSD

Posted on January 15, 2024

Many of the questions I receive at RicksDailyTips deal with replacing hard drives and SSDs.

After all, drives go bad and they have to be replaced, and folks are always wanting to upgrade their drives to something larger and faster.

I guess that’s why one of my most frequently asked questions is “How do I clone a hard drive (or SSD)?”

Well, today I’m going to answer that question by briefly describing two drive cloning methods that I’ve written about in the past.

Those two methods range from “inexpensive, and slightly complicated” to “just slightly more expensive, but dead-simple“: [Read more…]