I have no idea what that means, I just want my laptop to go faster. The biggest problem with laptops is that the internal disk often doesn't spin that fast. Second is that the transfer rate from the disk is not so good and the result is that making it go fast is like pushing mud through a straw.
Check out what ports are available on your laptop. If you can connect an external disk, then you can almost certainly get one that spins faster than the internal disk. In my case, it's a Firewire 800 port so the transfer rate is also considerably faster.
After getting the hardware, you've got to re-locate your system disk from the internal drive to the external drive. I'm not going to go into detail on this as the process varies considerably and you will be cold screwed if you try it without knowing what you're doing. For Mac users, I have found Carbon Copy Cloner to be safe and effective. You can clone your system volume for free under its trial and you can buy it for forty bucks for use as your permanent backup solution. (Note: Carbon Copy Cloner is updated for Mac OS X Mavericks)
The result of this gambit is it skyrocketed the laptop. Launches are faster, programs run faster, blah, blah. It's a big geek pain in the ass doing stuff like this but, whew, what a hassle when it runs slowly.
NOTE: DO NOT ERASE YOUR ORIGINAL SYSTEM DISK AFTER COMPLETING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL NEED IT AGAIN!
Check out what ports are available on your laptop. If you can connect an external disk, then you can almost certainly get one that spins faster than the internal disk. In my case, it's a Firewire 800 port so the transfer rate is also considerably faster.
After getting the hardware, you've got to re-locate your system disk from the internal drive to the external drive. I'm not going to go into detail on this as the process varies considerably and you will be cold screwed if you try it without knowing what you're doing. For Mac users, I have found Carbon Copy Cloner to be safe and effective. You can clone your system volume for free under its trial and you can buy it for forty bucks for use as your permanent backup solution. (Note: Carbon Copy Cloner is updated for Mac OS X Mavericks)
The result of this gambit is it skyrocketed the laptop. Launches are faster, programs run faster, blah, blah. It's a big geek pain in the ass doing stuff like this but, whew, what a hassle when it runs slowly.
NOTE: DO NOT ERASE YOUR ORIGINAL SYSTEM DISK AFTER COMPLETING THIS PROCESS. YOU WILL NEED IT AGAIN!
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