How do I Choose the Best Laptop Hard Drive?
As applications have become more powerful and video and music libraries have become commonplace on the average computer, you might find yourself looking for a bigger or faster drive. How do you find the best laptop hard drive for your computer? First determine what kind of drive the laptop will support. This information is available in the computer’s manual. If you no longer have the manual, you can likely find one online by entering the model into a search engine, along with “+manual,” as in “Model +manual” minus the quotes. The BIOS chipset on the computer will only support drives up to a certain capacity, so you’ll want to make a note of just how many gigabytes (GB) your computer will support. If you find the machine only supports a small laptop hard drive, check the manufacturer’s website to see if there is a BIOS or firmware upgrade that will allow the machine to support larger-capacity drives. Flashing the BIOS — the term used for upgrading it — is a simple but critical process t
