Got an old laptop kicking about that is now just too darn slow to be useful? Well, breathe new life into it by following T3's laptop HDD to SSD installation guide.

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

If your SSD came with a handy SATA-to-USB adapter cable, it's easy to clone directly from your hard drive to the SSD before you install it.

Some people prefer to keep their old hard drives and replace the optical drive with an SSD. Other people want to keep the optical drive and swap the hard drive for an SSD.

How to Upgrade Your Laptop: A Part-by-Part Guide Adding more memory or storage, or swapping in a new battery or wireless card, can help squeeze a few more years out of that aging laptop.

Give your old laptop a big performance boost with one simple step: replacing its hard drive with an SSD. Can your laptop be upgraded? Let's find out.

One potential upgrade to give the older models a speed boost is to switch out the mechanical hard drive for an SSD, a task that isn't as hard to do as people may think.

Affordable Portable Laptops. Find what to upgrade and check the top products available; that's how you can boost your laptop performance.

Your next laptop might have the option of replacing a hard drive with a solid state drive -- but is it a smart choice?