CNET editor Dong Ngo shows how you can replace your computer's hard drive with a solid-state drive and be significantly happier with your life.

Adding SSD to laptop and desktop computers: What form factor, MLC or SLC, SATA or AHCI, and what are the key stages of installation? We answer your questions in this podcast.

Let's take a quick look at a step-by-step guide detailing how to turn an SSD into a boot drive for your new or existing computer.

Right now, you can get a 2TB NVMe SSD for your computer for just $115, a little more than what a 1TB unit would otherwise cost you.

If you’re using an SSD, you notice the difference on boot-up, which takes just 22 seconds from start-up chime to desktop — easily less than half the time it would otherwise take.

You won’t be adding an aftermarket SSD to your new iMac A custom connector means a factory SSD, or none at all.