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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…]

Q&A: Can you recommend a really cheap, but reliable SSD for an older laptop?

Posted on February 8, 2025

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Question from Ari:  The hard drive in my 6 year old Dell laptop died a few days ago. This has been a great machine and I don’t want to just trash it.

I’d like to replace the bad hard drive with an SSD, but I’d rather not spend a lot of money if I can help it.

After reading your post about replacing Windows with Linux, I’d like to install Linux Mint on this laptop and use it as my primary Internet computer. I won’t need a lot of storage space so a fairly small SSD should be ok.

What I’m looking for a really inexpensive SSD that’s large enough to hold the new Linux installation and maybe a few Chrome extensions. But I’d like the SSD to be as reliable as possible.  [Read more…]

Q&A: Do SSDs need to be backed up like a hard drive?

Posted on January 26, 2025

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Question from Brenda:  I took my laptop to Best Buy after the hard drive crashed and they installed a 2TB SSD for me. I can’t believe how much faster the computer runs now.

Luckily I had a backup when the hard drive crashed. I was reading an article today that said SSDs don’t break because they have no moving parts, therefore you don’t really need to back them up.

Is that true? [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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