Portable laptops upgrade recommendations - add RAM and increase disk size
Now more than half of netbook computers, available today at stores, goes with eighty Gb 2,5-inch disk. These laptops works 5-7 hours on batteries for laptop. Disk space increase, for 250+ Gb will be cheap - such hard drive will cost for you $80. Besides, it is good to take care of additional increase memory size for what in the most portable laptops only one socket is in place. 1Gb system memory will cost you $15 for a module and all whole expenses on the total upgrade will not be more than $100. For this money you have an opportunity to hold much more data on your netbook laptop, and also considerably to increase Windows productivity.
After all upgrades HP laptop, for example, can be used without hp laptop batteries as ”desktop”, having connected to it the LCD screen panel, a mouse and the keyboard, - an excellent choice for the unsophisticated home user. If you just wish to increase system productivity, will be enough only increase in size of the memory.
Remember that netbook laptops, as a rule, do not support possibility to install memory modules more than 2 Gb. Maximum total amount supported by them is 4 Gb. Note that some manufacturers do not allow to make on-hands upgrade of accessories (excluding batteries for IBM laptops), otherwise you can lose a warranty.
To get access to the HDD, it is need to remove completely a back cover, preliminary remove some screws. For memory modules upgrade you need to insert module at 45 degrees and push it.
What to do with old hard drive? The answer to this question is simple - it is necessary to gain special “pocket” for 2,5-inch HDD with possibility of its connection to the laptop through USB slot. The most simple copy will cost you of all in $10. As a result you will have an external portable disk storage for handling large files.
How at replacement of the disk not to lose the data? For this purpose it is enough to clone the info from the laptop to the new disk. Use some software tools like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image for it.