Last year we bought a dual-SSD EeePC 901 in Singapore. It seemed the perfect size and tech for an ultraportable, and I have to say it is way cute and lovable, too. It has been a serious attention grabber in airplanes and meetings around the world. What surprised me, however, was how much the little, square snowyboard gets used and how often it gets preference over the other laptop.
Still, it is undeniably more than a tiny bit slow. A few months ago, I upped the RAM to 2GB, which was a cheap way of getting rid of the worst lagginess, but fast it is not. And worst of all, with every Windows update, the boot SSD filled up and the computer needed some serious attention for a few hours before it recouped itself. And those Windows updates just keep coming and getting bigger. Ubuntu, you say? Not in my job.
Well, it was time to stop the misery and get a new SSD. And that was really a good idea. Now the Eee is actually fast. I am a bit awed right now.
So, to the chase: This is how I installed a new SSD without re-installing Windows:
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