This desktop is pretty outdated. That said, you can install a laptop 2.5” SATA SSD in this desktop. The chipset in that desktop is most likely limited to 3Gb/s instead of the 6Gb/s most SSDs are ...

Microsoft may no longer support Windows To Go, but you can still make a portable Windows 11 installation — and it actually works okay.

If your SSD is causing Windows 11 to freeze and shows 100% usage, update SSD firmware and drivers, repair bad sectors, clean install Windows, etc.

8] Clean Install Windows on the SSD/Hard Disk As a last resort, if nothing else works, you can back up your files and then clean install Windows 11/10 on the SSD.

For some PC buyers, doing a clean install of Windows right out of the box is part of the setup ritual. But for Arm-based PCs, including the Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X Plus and Elite chips in ...