Will a Solid State Drive (SSD) improve performance?
Will replacing the hard drive in my laptop increase its performance? (more specifically the time it takes to turn on and load all necessary programs.) I bought my laptop back on 2008 and it still runs pretty smooth. Has never crashed, and it has never needed any repairs. Current Specs: -Gateway T-1631 -250GB SATA hard drive (5400rpm) -3GB RAM -AMD turion 64 x2 2.0GHz -Windows Vista Home Premium -ATI Radeon x1270 Right now from a hibernation state it takes about a minute to load and by load I mean once all the icons pop up in the bottom right of the screen. This is the only computer I've had so I'm not sure if this is fast or not. Is it worth replacing the hard drive or will a new laptop with an ssd drive be less expensive? (I have no repair skills with computers so take into consideration I will have a shop do the work)
Would installing an SSD into my computer make it faster?
If your bottleneck is storage access time, maybe. It depends a lot on your OS, RAM, and CPU, but if you have a reasonably fast CPU and 4GB of RAM for GNU/Linux or 8G for Windows, that's usually enough to consider getting an SSD. If you have less RAM than that I would upgrade the RAM first.
Can Windows 95 run on a solid state drive (SSD)?
Of course it can. There were SSD-equipped x86 computers even before Windows 95. For example - IBM ThinkPad (700T) from 1992 was loaded with two 10MB SSDs and could run pen-enabled Windows 3.x (Windows for Pen Computing).IBM ThinkPad - Category:700T - ThinkWikiWindows for Pen Computing - https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winhistory.de%2Fmore%2Fwfp.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8I didn’t have ThinkPad but I had different mobile devices with SSDs and usually you had a special utility from the SSD manufacturer and that utility could clear whole drive. So there was no TRIM support on either side (SSD and OS), but when your system became too slow, you could do this and copy all data back from another drive.Running Windows 95 on SSD makes sense even today. You can put modern 32GB mSATA/M.2 SSDs in a conversion kit which allows connecting it to the old parallel ATA interface used in old laptops. I’m willing to do that with my tiny Toshiba Libretto 70CT which I use for playing old games on the road.Although you don’t have the TRIM command in Windows 95, it’s not a big issue. DOS/Win95 is not very disk demanding and any new SSD is fast enough to not slow-down the system even when TRIM is needed badly (it’s still faster than old platter drives). If you want to TRIM unused space, you can remove the SSD after years of use and connect it to a modern Windows computer which does it automatically (then you can install it back in your old machine).
Can a solid state laptop have a fan?
So I went laptop shopping with my father... he was looking for a laptop that was faster than his old one. Nobody in the family is an expert. The sales guy at Best Buy said that "solid state" laptops are the best way to go; less moving parts = longer lifespan. So, he bought an ASUS Q325. Now, he comes into my room telling me that the laptop is hot. Well S***. I know mine is a "solid state", and it rarely gets warm. I put the laptop next to my ear, and I heard a fan or something moving inside, and it has a little vent thing on the side. He thinks he got ripped off, and I guess he could be right. Any idea if it can be a solid state and have a fan in it, or anybody know anything about the ASUS Q325?
If you have a SSD of 120GB, what is better to use it for: installing Windows and programs, or install the games you play daily on it and let the OS on a HDD?
The biggest advantage of a SSD is that it makes starting your PC much faster. That is, the time from you pressing the ON-Button until your PC is ready to work is much shorter. You can only have this advantage if you install the OS on the SSD.If you install your OS on the HDD, you will always have this little annoying delay when your PC looks ready but actually still isn’t.Once your computer is started, there is little to no difference between a SSD and a HDD. That is, you have little to no advantage from installing any game on your SSD instead of the HDD. Since games take up a lot of space, it would be better to install them where there is a lot of space. That is usually a HDD (since they are cheaper).If you only have a SSD of 120 GB, I would install the OS and programs you frequently use which don’t take up much space (such as your Browser) on your SSD. You then can enjoy the speed advantages.Everything which takes a lot of space like your Steam library or your latest holiday photos, go on the HDD. I would absolutely not install the OS on your HDD. If you do that, there is hardly a reason to use the SSD in the first place.
Do I need an SSD and an HDD to make my computer work?
Not necessarily.What you do need is an SSD or and HDD. At least one of them. You can still use both of them, and it's also recommended.SSD drives are far faster than HDD drives. However, most SSD drives hold nowhere near as much capacity as an HDD. At least, not affordably.From what I understand, most people have their SSD as their (C:) drive, which they install Windows and their games on. Then they put everything else on their separate HDD drive.But you don't need to use both. You can still get by with either one.If you use an HDD, your computer won't be as fast, but you will have loads of storage space.If you use an SSD, your computer will be blazing fast, but unless you invest loads of money into your SSD, you won't have much storage space. Things like OneDrive or Google Drive may become useful in this situation.
To make my laptop faster, should I increase the RAM or install an SSD?
There are answers ahead of mine suggesting, “it depends”It doesn’t.The ssd will improve the laptops performance far more than a ram upgradeThe most ram a laptop can usually upgrade, (due to motherboard limitation) is double, if you have 2 gigs, you probably can’t go to more than 4, you typically can’t get to 8 or 16 gigs. If you have 8, you typically can’t go to more than 16, if that.Windows 10 can run acceptably even on 2 gigs of ramDoes Windows 10 run well on 2GB of Ram? • r/Windows10Doubling the ram no matter what’s installed, you’re going to notice incremental increases in performance, though diminishing returns if you already have an admirable amount.The ssd will make an immediate, profound difference no matter what amount of ram you have, it will improve a 2 gig ram laptop far more than going to 4 gig, it will improve a 4 gig lapper far more than going to 8, and so on.Starting up, launching programs, and when something is “paged back into memory”, everything improves exponentially..Top that off with the fact, your ssd will be good for your next laptop if you want to save some money and get one with an hdd, those are cheaper obviously, or possibly your new laptop can have a bay for a second drive. the ram might not be compatible for improving a newer box.If your budget is limited, skip the ram, go to the ssd.If you have the budget for both, you’re probably better off getting a new laptop that has more ram and an ssd out of the boxIf you add up the cost of a reasonable ssd, ram, and a new battery, you can probably get a laptop that has better spec than what you’re winding up withGood luck
What is the different between HSD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive)?
Both are kind of complex, especially a SSD, but to sum it up and answer both questions, 1. A HDD has a platter inside with a thin layer of "magnetic medium" that spins at a high rate of speed while small arms with "heads" on them "read" and "write" on them while a SSD is completely a "flash" based memory, meaning there are no moving parts inside. Think of your basic 2gig jump drive or basic mp3 player on steroids. 2. because it is harder to fit lots of flash memory in one area than a hard drive. Think of it like this, More flash memory = more memory units. SSD are growing in popularity and in capacity so don't rule them out when looking for a laptop or something along those lines because they do make the laptop "tougher" because of no moving parts, but for the most part you cant beat a good HDD at this current technology step. hope that helps.