If you are looking to upgrade your laptop (Dell, Acer, Lenovo etc) the SSD is the best way to go about it. Once you have added a SSD, the next step is to ensure that the BIOS points to the SSD as the first boot preference. To do this follow the instructions in this video!
Now that you have cloned your HDD to the new SSD, the last step is to point the BIOS to the SSD. In this video, I show you how you can update your BIOS settings.