Upgrading your laptop to a solid-state drive (or a better one) is a great way to improve performance. Here's how to do it yourself.
Upgrading your laptop's storage to a modern SSD can make a big difference to its performance on paper and how it feels to use. An SSD swap for an old hard drive or adding in a faster NVMe SSD to replace your aging SATA drive can take a laptop from sluggish to speedy in no time at all.
How to pick the right SSDBefore you can install a new SSD in your laptop, you need to buy a good one that's compatible. The right SSD for your laptop depends on its size, available storage capacity, connections, and your budget. Check out our guide on how to buy an SSD for more help. How to install an SSD in your laptopFind a level surface with good lighting where you can work without distractions. Place your laptop upside-down with the power unplugged and battery out, if possible. If your laptop allows SSD upgrades, then it'll have a small cutout in the underside with screws holding it in place. It's possible you'll have a compartment for upgrading the memory too. The SSD compartment should be obvious, but if not, just unscrew both to find out which is which.
Step 2: If your laptop has a hard drive, or older 2.5-inch SATA SSD, you should see it locked in place with a few screws and a pair of cables. Remove all of those before gently pulling the drive free. You may need to pull in the opposite direction of where it is connected, before lifting it out. For an NVMe SSD, slot it gently into the socket, then press down on the opposite end until its horizontal with the slot. Then screw in the retaining screw to hold it in place.
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