It is more than half of netbook computers, available today at stores, goes with 60 Gb 2,5-inch hard disk. These laptops works 4-7 hours on laptop batteries. Disk space increase, for 250+ Gb will not strongly cost a pretty penny – such HDD will cost for you $80. Besides, it is necessary to take care of additional increase memory size for what in the most portable laptops only one socket is in place. 1Gb memory will cost you $15 for a module and all whole expenses on the total upgrade will not be more than $100. For this money you get an opportunity to store much more info on your netbook, and also result to increase Windows speed.

After these upgrades HP laptop, for example, can be used without hp laptop battery as “system unit”, having connected to it the external screen panel, a mouse and the keyboard, – an excellent choice for the unsophisticated home user. If you just wish to increase OS productivity, will be sufficient only increase in size of the RAM.

Remember that netbooks, as a rule, have no possibility to install memory modules more than 2 Gb. Maximum all amount hosted by laptop is 4 Gb. Note that well-known vendors do not allow to make on-hands replacement of parts (excluding ibm battery), otherwise you can lose a warranty.

To get access to the hard drive, it is necessary to remove completely a back cover, preliminary turning off some screws. For memory modules installation you need to set up module at 45 degrees and press it.

What to do with old hard drive? The answer to this question is simple – it is good to order special “pocket” for 2,5-inch hard drive with availability of its connection to the PC through USB slot. The most simple version will cost you of all in $10. As a result you will have an external portable hard drive storage for handling large files.

How at replacement of the disk not to lose the data? For this purpose it is enough to copy the information from the laptop to the new disk. Use special software utilites like Symantec Ghost or Acronis True Image for it.