| Home Server (4) – Install SSD to HP Microserver Gen8 |
Although it is not essential I strongly encourage you to install an SSD disk to your HP Microserver Gen8 to host the system you want to run. I will use it for a VMWare ESX and the virtual machines that will create in it. As I said in the previous post, since the prices are more than affordable, the price/performance … Read more
| HW – Install SSD in laptop and replace DVD |
In a previous post I showed how to upgrade your laptop HDD (Hard Disk Drive) to an SSD (Solid State Drive) to boost up performance. In this post, instead of removing the HDD, it will placed in the DVD bay to be used as a second storage.
Given that the use of ODD (Optical Disk Drive) to read or write … Read more
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| HW – Upgrade laptop with an SSD drive |
One of the biggest bottlenecks regarding the performance of a laptop is disk access. Therefore, installing an SSD (Solid State Drive) is a fantastic way to speed it up. It is a great feeling to see how fast Windows or any program starts after installing it. The only disadvantage is the price of this type of disks, but currently, … Read more
| Windows – Cannot cannot shrink a volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located |
I finally received my new Dell Inspiron 15 Serie 5000 with a 1TB hard disk!
I would like (maybe very shortly) to move the system and applications to a new SSD drive (perhaps 120GB or 240GB size). So, given that the C: (system) partition has only 30 GB used (~896 GB of total size), one of the first configurations … Read more
