We're going to show you how to do a full installation to the SSD, as well as how to boot to Windows from a microSD card. The latter will keep the original SteamOS install intact.

Something like the Samsung 970 EVO Plus is an excellent option. If you're upgrading the M.2 SSD boot drive that shipped with the Legion 5i, you might want to invest in an SSD enclosure.

What? A boot ssd will still be faster. Unless you really have some strange program that will only install on a boot drive and needs the space. Anyways Win7 has been happy with my 96GB drive.

Ask the Experts: Gilbert wants to know if he should upgrade his boot drive SSD and also wants our opinion on the rest of his rig.

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

I just tried to create a new empty text file in my documents on my boot drive, which is an NVMe SSD. The system didn't do anything for about 25 seconds, during which time I could hear one or more ...