G551VW-FY212T slow hdd

kennyreid95

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This laptop has slow 5400rpm Toshiba MQ02ABD100H. What can I do to improve hard drive performance or speed using intel rapid storage?
 

Valantar

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Aug 26, 2014
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Upgrade to an SSD? There is nothing reliable and actually worthwhile that will speed up your HDD. It's already running at the speed it's made to run at.
 

Elixer

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Yeah, a SSD is about the only thing that you can see an actual difference with. Moving to a slightly faster HD isn't going to do much.