We've covered proper solid state drive maintenance before, but one of the most overlooked factors in proper SSD care is partition alignment. Here's how to make sure your partitions are aligned ...

If you moved your operating system from a mechanical hard drive to a solid-state drive (SSD), the partitions may not be aligned properly. If this is the case, you’ll notice slower performance, but ...

I'm thinking about replacing an old fashioned mechanical HD with an SSD. One small obstacle is that the old HD is encrypted and I can't decrypt it other than to boot the OS. I've done this in the past ...