Netbook computers tuning tips – add system memory and increase hard disk size!
Today half and more of netbook laptops, available today at stores, goes with 80 Gb 2,5-inch hard drive.
These notebooks works 4-6 hours on replacement laptop battery. Disk space increase, for 250+ Gb will not strongly cost a pretty penny – such disk will cost for you $80. Besides, it is not bad to take care of additional increase system memory size for what in the most netbook computers only one slot is available. 1Gb memory modules will cost you $15 for a module and all total expenses on the common upgrade will not exceed $100. For this money you get an opportunity to have much more information on your portable laptop, and also result to increase Windows speed.
After all upgrades HP laptop, for example, can be used without laptop battery for hp as ”desktop”, having connected to it the LCD screen monitor, a mouse and the keyboard, – an good choice for the unsophisticated home user. If you just wish to increase OS productivity, will be enough only add in size of the RAM.
Remember that portable laptops, as a rule, do not support possibility of installation memory modules larger than 2 Gb. Maximum total amount supported by them is 4 Gb. Note that many manufacturers do not allow to provide on-hands upgrade of accessories (excluding ibm laptop battery), otherwise you can lose a warranty.
To get access to the hard drive, it is necessary to remove fully a back cover, preliminary remove some screws. For RAM upgrade you need to set up module at 45 degrees and press it.
What to do with old hard drive? The answer to this question is obvious – it is not bad to order special “pocket” for 2,5-inch hard drive with possibility of its connection to the computer through USB slot. The most simple version will cost you of all in $10. As a result you will have an external portable hard drive storage for carrying large files.
How at replacement of the disk not to lose the info? For this purpose it is enough to copy the disk content from the laptop to the new hard drive. Use special software utilites like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image for it.
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