Thank you so much. Even if it looks like an ad for samsung 840 Pro. But in all honesty i am going to try this. God Bless. Keep making more videos where users are actually benefiting in reality.
I am actually still using a decade old laptop and i was just wondering if i could upgrade that with your suggested method. It's a Toshiba Satellite M645-S4110. Any suggestion/help would be of great help. I am not that tech savy either hence my confusion/question.
Dell D630 with Linux Mint and a HP EliteBook 8440p and doubt i'll upgrade them again, both have 256gb ssds and 8gb ram so not much else to change in them (maybe the wireless card but thats about it)
@@uhhuh8224 hold windows and press pause break and it will show if it has the same processor saying the same thing as he showed at the start and if it is then it is the same laptop
To the new techie's, an old trick to make sure your do not double thread the tiny screws is to 1 put the screw in the screw hole 2 using the hex screw driver slow rotate the screw driver Backwards like you are removing the screw 3 you should feel a slight snap from the screw and this means you have dropped the screw to the thread in the hole. 4 now you may drive the screw Forward and it should turn easily and screw in
Nicely Done. SSD's offer the following benefits for laptops over hdd's - runs cooler - uses less power which lets the battery last longer per charge , better shock resistance , are silent in operation , are lighter , has better reliability. Besides changing to an ssd - If you can adding more ram and faster ram to the maximum that the laptop can support. All of these upgrades will let you keep tha laptop even longer. I made both of the above cahnges to an older laptop that my mom had and it made the laptop run better then when it was new.
That sounds great. Also I don't like Windows 10 11 I'd like to stick to Windows 7. Is there anywhere you could recommend going where the bill to do all these upgrades for me
My dad has (what appears to be) the same laptop, except his has 8Gb of RAM and an i5, and recently told him to upgrade the hard drive since it was so slow. It's night and day. It was unusable, but now it's actually a nice computer to use.
Just done! Worked like a charm! Instead of minutes, starting up takes only seconds! By upgrading memory to 8GB and SSD, this laptop has never been this fast not even when brand new. Toshiba Satellite C670 from 2011. Great for the environment and my pocket :) Thanks a lot!
Great video. Covered everything from removal of hardware, transfer software to even what to do with the old hard disk. That's what I love about your video. Good planning, good flow, very useful. Thanks a lot the video. 👏 It would be great if you could make a video of short stroking for hard disks too. I know it is way outdated.
I followed your video step by step and it worked flawlessly! I was a little nervous swapping my hard drive but with your clear instructions it was smooth as silk! Thank you!
I just got my ssd...popped it into my laptop ...and it was literally 10x faster....no seriously no joke...this is the single best upgrade u can give a pc
I cannot tell you how happy i am right now. This may be 4 years old but it was my last shot before buying a new laptop. All in all this has cost me £78 to boost my laptop beyond belief. Excellent video and advice. Most straight forward video I have found on this subject, anywhere on TH-cam. Thank you Btw my laptop is an ASUS N56V and is probably 13 years or older now.
I'm using an Alienware M11X, 2nd Gen i5. Have just installed a new battery, and about to switch to SSD, and upgrade the RAM. 10 years old and still running strong lol
Before upgrade your hard drive, create a USB recover drive. It takes less than 5 minutes to reload and install Windows 10. Windows 10 requires 4 G RAM min, but it is better to install at less 8 G RAM or more.
The Tech chap, 3years later this video is still relevant. Followed your steps and I swapped my HDD for SSD. Thank you for all you do. Why migrating my files, I was so happy that it worked and I wish I could get a snapshot or short video to share with you. It worked pretty well like I just turned off the PC and turned it back on again. 💯💯💯💯
You did a wonderful job on this tutorial explaining how to bring life back to an old laptop. In 2011, I swapped out my old 250gb hard drive for a 500gb hybrid ssd. Just that upgrade made a real difference. Before that, I had upgraded my motherboard, computer processor chipset, and ram. Now! I’m upgrading from my old hybrid ssd to a 1TB ssd in order to make my old HP DV4 laptop even faster, more current and more responsive too. I’m really not much of a fan of these new laptops which are very flimsy while one is only able to make an upgrade, or two. Again, thank you for a wonderful tutorial!
I believe you should really consider upgrading your laptop. Any moment now a componenet or a wire may just simply fail and you'll lose everything. If you're going to continue upgrading then there will be no use since it will be held back by the old CPU or the low amount of RAM.
@@Covid-bv4hp TY! I actually have 8gb of Ram on mine and I have it backed up on my older external 500GB Hybrid SSD. Also, I have no problem repairing and soldering electronic components either. I really don’t use my laptop to play games so that’s really not a problem. I have a Galaga 88 countercade which I upgraded. Many of these new laptops might have the speed, but they are limited by their lack of storage capacity.
Watched this video recently and decided to carry out the same type of upgrade but for my desktop instead. My C: drive was a WD 2tb and there was still a lot of spare sectors available. With this in mind I bought a Samsung 1TB 860 QVO. I used the Samsung migration software to carry out the cloning process, which took five and a half hours, only to fail at 99% complete. Total waste of half a day. The thing there is enough space on the new drive, its just the Samsung software didn't like transfering data from a larger drive to a more efficient smaller SSD. It was quite by chance doing some online research that I came across AOMEI backupper free software which can clone just the sectors used on the source or target drive to a smaller drive. I can't believe how easy the process was, and it only took two and a half hours. If there are any viewers out there in the same situation I would highly recommend AOMEI backupper free software. I am very disappointed with a company as big as Samsung who's software cannot as far as I'm aware carry out the same process as AOMEI.
One thing I really amazed that how disc cloning is this much easy! I'm typical old dinasour who manages his own duties from skratch, which is formatting, installing, copying etc. I just said, wow! I'm an old dinasour now haha thanks for the saving a lot of time, tears and struggle for me! This means you should keep yourself always updated, noted.
I have this Christmas laptop that I got from santa and it’s painfully slow I’m sure it is a budget laptop but I’m gonna make the most of it. It has 4ram and a 1t hard drive 5400rpms , I looked up what the max it can handle and bought a 8g ram and 250g ssd . I’m not planning on doing anything crazy with it just the usual stuff TH-cam videos shopping online I’m invested $60 total ($20 on the ram and $40 on the ssd) still waiting for everything to come in the mail but hopefully it goes smoothly when I install it all. Good video man I’m glad to see the before and after loading times that is a big improvement
Thanks a lot, my man... I guess this is what I will do with my current laptop (512 GB mechanical, 4 GB of RAM, and i3 7th gen). I'm buying an SSD and after that I'll put 4 more GB of RAM. Love your content, dude. Blessings from Mexico.
Thats what i also did as a student, took my i5 4th gen, put a 500ssd and +4gb ram and its like a new thing. The processor aint that good though and lcd for photoshop and illustrator work, but if u dont have to do hard work in it, you dont need any better laptop :)
@@gzarari I'm an actuary... so, most of the stuff I do doesn't require crazy power (Stats, Data Bases, Medium Level Programming, Financial Simulations - R Studio, Python, SQL, Julia, Mathlab, etc)... and the good thing is that I have a 1080p touch display, so I'm good to go with Netflix for entertaiment. I do want to start as a content creator (music), and I love videogames, but always wanted to do it on a PC or Gaming Laptop (tired of consoles) but those are no my priorities for now. Thanks a lot for your words. Blessings :)
Thanks for this, recently just purchased everything I need to self-upgrade my Laptop. At a total cost of £125 I have got a 500GB WD Blue SSD, 8GB Ram, SATA Cable, New Laptop Battery & the precision screwdriver set which im sure will come in handy for future odd jobs. Thank you for this video its great. Will update in the future and let you know how I got on.
I apologize for being a pain but which SATA cable did you guys buy I see different numbers like 2.5 and 3.5 and just don't know which one I should be buying.
A year and some months ago, I swapped my old laptop's hard drive for an ssd, and the difference was insane. Before, I would never turn the device off since it would take so long to boot up (I'm pretty sure that's the main reason why the HD ended up failing). The device is from 2011 according to the oldest files (it was handed down to me), and even though I got a new laptop last summer, the computer still worked great the last time I used it (I gave it to my mom).
@SL1CK First do the ssd then the ram but you cannot do anything more unless you try searching on google if you can install a new cpu in to the model that you have (i dont know if you have an external gpu or gpu in the cpu together) maybe you can install a new gpu but i am not sure if your model has that you can upgrade it And of course it Will be expensive af 😂
wow i'm going to upgrade my laptop with a ssd tomorrow and this video is all i needed really it answered all my questions thanks a lot The Tech Chap :)
This is insane thank you so much tech chap, you just saved me thousand dollar, I was just about to throw my laptop as it was painfully slow it would not work only but after installing Samsung SSD and following your steps that laptop is a beast. It works flawlessly to perform everyday tasks it is an i3 laptop. Thank you so much bro.
Hey, i have a really slow laptop with a hard disk, i want to get a samsung ssd evo 870, can you tell me if its worth it? Im not that person that can buy laptops every year
@@Marko-pn3yp yes bro it is worth it, just make sure to follow the correct steps, ssd is a beast, my laptop is quite fast, but previously I was on Hard drive thats why I feel much greater speed
@@fozanshaque6094 thanks really much! And also, i will bring my laptop to a tech shop because there are a lot of steps that im not able to do at home, appreciate it bro👍
He is the best u youtuber and I am sure his subscribe will soon reached in millions. What I loved about him is ..He is following his passion and he make great videos no doubt. The most important thing about Tom I like is he highlight the main things in his videos. NOT like the others say-: (pls subscribe my channel and hit the like button) from the starting of video and in-between and and at the end of the video as well..
Great video I just cloned my drive to an SSD 870 Evo, I used Macrium free version and it worked like a charm, some nice speed increases in startup and overall loading of programs. Cheers
Pro tip: If you're going to get the external hard disk enclosure anyways, you don't need the SATA to USB cable. =) (That was my case. I put the new SSD in the enclosure first to clone the hard disk. Then I swapped the hard drives after.)
@The-Basketball-Historian: What external hard-disk-enclosure did you use? [Can you please tell the brand-name, model-name, and model-number of it? So that it's easier to track-down [which one you used] and buy one.]
@zohi 'enclosure' = $23, SATA cable = $7. Unless you need to have use of external ssd/hhd constantly then you must buy the enclosure. I am just cloning the ssd to replace the hhd. For my purpose i do not need to spend more. I did not have to mess around with setting or bios after cloned the ssd. the PC start right up as it was before but 10 times faster. Thanks.
Great tips. I specialise in giving new life to old laptops. First, fit as much RAM as it will take - often more than the manufacturer says. Then search the Intel Ark and buy a top spec New Old Stock CPU from China. Around £25 for what cost £450 new. Then fit a SSD and watch it fly. And you can also replace the DVD drive with a HDD caddy for extra storage using the old hard drive.
Well done-- concise. and to-the-point. Good tips about transfer from the existing drive, and the need for a USB-SATA adapter/cable. Those with an older SATA2 system bus will not see the dramatic improvement you enjoyed with a SATA3 bus, but the project is still worth doing. BTW-- consider upgrading the RAM, as well. Even a small increase can benefit over-all performance.
Im using a Dell inspiron 15, 3000 series (with ddr3 XD) Absolutely great! thank you so much this is gonna give my graduation gift a new lease on life! Thank you man!
My PC not able to boot up after clone a new SSD. PC goes blank screen with a cursor on top left hand corner. It keeps blinking. PC not able to start up
Gteat question Im on the hunt for that answer now, I see many videos of people saying "now plug in your windows 10 flashdrive and thats all" like WTF!? Explain that very important step again? Hope you found out.
Ayo thx for this man. I didn't want to shell out the extra money for the SSD when I bought my Alienware laptop. I now regret that as the HDD has already become much slower within a span of 2 years. I ordered a Samsung SSD off Amazon and will be changing it out as soon as it arrives.
Hey , sorry for this dumb question but i dont understand what an ssd exactly does. for example i need more space because my hdd its 64 gb and want to have a lot more space to install more things, so if i replace the hard drive disk with a ssd that has 500 gb ,then that means i'll have more space right? Pls answer
@Fizzickz First, I had my main PC Tower upgraded with an SSD with 110GB (too small). My laptop was 6-months ago as my spouse complained about how slow it was starting up back then (it was very slow). The SSD 1TB upgrade fixed that and I have no issues with zoom etc (I am not a gamer). I am thinking of upgrading my PC Tower to a bigger 1TB SSD as I use this every day. I got the SSD's at Best Buy (not sure the brand). Go big NOT small in the SSD.
Hey Chaps! What Laptop are you using right now? (and will you upgrade soon) 🤔
Asus N550JV. I've already upgraded it 2 years ago with a Samsung 840 pro and it flies;)
Asus vivobook k510u . I have recently upgraded it with crucial mx500 500gb ssd and crucial 8gb ram.
Thank you so much. Even if it looks like an ad for samsung 840 Pro. But in all honesty i am going to try this. God Bless. Keep making more videos where users are actually benefiting in reality.
I am actually still using a decade old laptop and i was just wondering if i could upgrade that with your suggested method. It's a Toshiba Satellite M645-S4110. Any suggestion/help would be of great help. I am not that tech savy either hence my confusion/question.
Dell D630 with Linux Mint and a HP EliteBook 8440p and doubt i'll upgrade them again, both have 256gb ssds and 8gb ram so not much else to change in them (maybe the wireless card but thats about it)
7:18 a computer is only as fast as it's slowest component
That's a great line!
Same with "a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link"
Okthanksbye
@@iHateCactuars just what i was about to say. so i'l say this, don't eat yellow snow.....
That is a very common line for decades now.
@@JM-dt9oo b- but i thought it was a snow cone :(
That forms the basis of chemistry kinetics...rate of reaction..
40-second boot times before the upgrade? I'm jealous
😅
I had the same Toshiba HDD as my boot drive,it took more than a minute to show a welcome screen, got an SSD now, I'm never going back to hard disks.
@@metsanemosehlane7891 SSD is a type of hard disks but SSD and HDD use different technologies
No, only 7-9 second of boot time for Windows 10.
@@slpip4365 not with a HDD and a 4 GB ram device
He's not exaggerating. I usually watch movies on my phone while my ASUS boots. It looks exactly like the ASUS on this video too 🤔
Anda Mbambo Good job this video wasn’t sponsored by ASUS.
i have the same/similar model as this video as well, and its quite slow. im using it for school though so i'll just gave to deal with it
Lol. Hilarious
I have a hp with a hdd @5400 rpm, it takes ages to open a single chrome tab.
@@uhhuh8224 hold windows and press pause break and it will show if it has the same processor saying the same thing as he showed at the start and if it is then it is the same laptop
To the new techie's, an old trick to make sure your do not double thread the tiny screws is to
1 put the screw in the screw hole
2 using the hex screw driver slow rotate the screw driver Backwards like you are removing the screw
3 you should feel a slight snap from the screw and this means you have dropped the screw to the thread in the hole.
4 now you may drive the screw Forward and it should turn easily and screw in
My laptop is 15 years old, I’m sure it was used to help construct the pyramids 🤔
😂😂😂
Check the downloads folder, might even find the original copy of the Bible
@@sams4mmmm 😆😆😆😆😆😆🤭
Give me that laptop its a relic now
😂😂😂 Ok, I love you...
Nicely Done. SSD's offer the following benefits for laptops over hdd's - runs cooler - uses less power which lets the battery last longer per charge , better shock resistance , are silent in operation , are lighter , has better reliability. Besides changing to an ssd - If you can adding more ram and faster ram to the maximum that the laptop can support. All of these upgrades will let you keep tha laptop even longer. I made both of the above cahnges to an older laptop that my mom had and it made the laptop run better then when it was new.
That sounds great. Also I don't like Windows 10 11 I'd like to stick to Windows 7. Is there anywhere you could recommend going where the bill to do all these upgrades for me
@@Stardust_Truth_Seeker Maybe you can take it to a local
pc store that offers a repair service - if you don't like to do the updates.
"I have this 3 year old laptop"
Boi I been using a laptop bought in 2004
@Ansab Ansab I have the hp pavilion ts sleekbook with a Pentium processor
@@silentsevenstars4154 bruh for a laptop that old I'd suggest just installing Linux which will speed it up a lot
@@LoganT547 nah I got a new laptop yesterday
@@silentsevenstars4154 i feel happy for you!! I hope you enjoy your new machine
@@hameemkhan204 it took my 7 minutes to open google on my old one, now I can open google instantly :D
My dad has (what appears to be) the same laptop, except his has 8Gb of RAM and an i5, and recently told him to upgrade the hard drive since it was so slow. It's night and day. It was unusable, but now it's actually a nice computer to use.
let me guess he has intel 4000 video card🤔
Its so funny watching this video 3 years in the future and seeing how much has changes since then
What has changed?
Just done! Worked like a charm!
Instead of minutes, starting up takes only seconds!
By upgrading memory to 8GB and SSD, this laptop has never been this fast not even when brand new.
Toshiba Satellite C670 from 2011.
Great for the environment and my pocket :)
Thanks a lot!
Great video. Covered everything from removal of hardware, transfer software to even what to do with the old hard disk. That's what I love about your video. Good planning, good flow, very useful. Thanks a lot the video. 👏
It would be great if you could make a video of short stroking for hard disks too. I know it is way outdated.
Could you also make a video about short stroking of hard disks.
I followed your video step by step and it worked flawlessly! I was a little nervous swapping my hard drive but with your clear instructions it was smooth as silk! Thank you!
So glad you mentioned the anti static strap. 👍🏼
it would be interesting to see a small compilation of experiments done on how much they improve on old laptops from like 2013
That's true. A 3 yo laptop isn't as old anyway
What’s also good about this is the old hdd can be used for backups or in a desktop as extra storage
I just got my ssd...popped it into my laptop ...and it was literally 10x faster....no seriously no joke...this is the single best upgrade u can give a pc
I cannot tell you how happy i am right now. This may be 4 years old but it was my last shot before buying a new laptop. All in all this has cost me £78 to boost my laptop beyond belief. Excellent video and advice. Most straight forward video I have found on this subject, anywhere on TH-cam. Thank you
Btw my laptop is an ASUS N56V and is probably 13 years or older now.
I'm using an Alienware M11X, 2nd Gen i5. Have just installed a new battery, and about to switch to SSD, and upgrade the RAM.
10 years old and still running strong lol
Lol...if you manage to do all those kind of things...just buy a new one mate😂
I have been going back and forth about doing this to my laptop. Watching this, I think I'm going to make the jump. Very informative video! Thank you!
Cus I'm planning to do this myself, how's your laptop now compared to before?
Before upgrade your hard drive, create a USB recover drive. It takes less than 5 minutes to reload and install Windows 10. Windows 10 requires 4 G RAM min, but it is better to install at less 8 G RAM or more.
The Tech chap, 3years later this video is still relevant. Followed your steps and I swapped my HDD for SSD. Thank you for all you do.
Why migrating my files, I was so happy that it worked and I wish I could get a snapshot or short video to share with you. It worked pretty well like I just turned off the PC and turned it back on again. 💯💯💯💯
I hope you don't mind my asking but which USB to SATA cable did you buy 2.5 or 3.5 I can't tell which one he's using.
This video came at the right time and it's just what I need! Thanks a lot :)
You did a wonderful job on this tutorial explaining how to bring life back to an old laptop. In 2011, I swapped out my old 250gb hard drive for a 500gb hybrid ssd. Just that upgrade made a real difference. Before that, I had upgraded my motherboard, computer processor chipset, and ram. Now! I’m upgrading from my old hybrid ssd to a 1TB ssd in order to make my old HP DV4 laptop even faster, more current and more responsive too. I’m really not much of a fan of these new laptops which are very flimsy while one is only able to make an upgrade, or two. Again, thank you for a wonderful tutorial!
I believe you should really consider upgrading your laptop. Any moment now a componenet or a wire may just simply fail and you'll lose everything. If you're going to continue upgrading then there will be no use since it will be held back by the old CPU or the low amount of RAM.
@@Covid-bv4hp TY! I actually have 8gb of Ram on mine and I have it backed up on my older external 500GB Hybrid SSD. Also, I have no problem repairing and soldering electronic components either. I really don’t use my laptop to play games so that’s really not a problem. I have a Galaga 88 countercade which I upgraded. Many of these new laptops might have the speed, but they are limited by their lack of storage capacity.
Watched this video recently and decided to carry out the same type of upgrade but for my desktop instead. My C: drive was a WD 2tb and there was still a lot of spare sectors available. With this in mind I bought a Samsung 1TB 860 QVO. I used the Samsung migration software to carry out the cloning process, which took five and a half hours, only to fail at 99% complete. Total waste of half a day. The thing there is enough space on the new drive, its just the Samsung software didn't like transfering data from a larger drive to a more efficient smaller SSD. It was quite by chance doing some online research that I came across AOMEI backupper free software which can clone just the sectors used on the source or target drive to a smaller drive. I can't believe how easy the process was, and it only took two and a half hours. If there are any viewers out there in the same situation I would highly recommend AOMEI backupper free software. I am very disappointed with a company as big as Samsung who's software cannot as far as I'm aware carry out the same process as AOMEI.
Wow! Thank you so much for your insightful comment. 👍
THANKYOU✨
The Tech Chap is great ! Thanks
wave 2 lockdown is here. Time to install the SSD that's been sitting in my room for 6 months LOOOOL
howd it go?
Wonderful! And it's really great to know that you can reuse your old hard drive in that way! Love these tips and value production!
One thing I really amazed that how disc cloning is this much easy! I'm typical old dinasour who manages his own duties from skratch, which is formatting, installing, copying etc. I just said, wow! I'm an old dinasour now haha thanks for the saving a lot of time, tears and struggle for me! This means you should keep yourself always updated, noted.
explained very clearly and concisely, great work. helped a lot. deserves a big like.
I recently upgraded my Hp pavilion G6 from 500gb HDD to a WD blue 500GB SSD. And my gosh! How speedy it is now compared to when it had the HDD.
I subscribed mainly for that sudden staring at 6:56, also for the quick beneficence
Thank you for this video! I'm a tech beginner really and it's great that you and most of the tech community are often so very helpful
I have this Christmas laptop that I got from santa and it’s painfully slow I’m sure it is a budget laptop but I’m gonna make the most of it. It has 4ram and a 1t hard drive 5400rpms , I looked up what the max it can handle and bought a 8g ram and 250g ssd . I’m not planning on doing anything crazy with it just the usual stuff TH-cam videos shopping online I’m invested $60 total ($20 on the ram and $40 on the ssd) still waiting for everything to come in the mail but hopefully it goes smoothly when I install it all. Good video man I’m glad to see the before and after loading times that is a big improvement
What a coincidence. The laptop model he is showing us a slow is the same model I'm struggling with :D
That’s my laptop OMG. Perfect tutorial for me.
Thanks a lot, my man... I guess this is what I will do with my current laptop (512 GB mechanical, 4 GB of RAM, and i3 7th gen). I'm buying an SSD and after that I'll put 4 more GB of RAM.
Love your content, dude. Blessings from Mexico.
Thats what i also did as a student, took my i5 4th gen, put a 500ssd and +4gb ram and its like a new thing. The processor aint that good though and lcd for photoshop and illustrator work, but if u dont have to do hard work in it, you dont need any better laptop :)
@@gzarari I'm an actuary... so, most of the stuff I do doesn't require crazy power (Stats, Data Bases, Medium Level Programming, Financial Simulations - R Studio, Python, SQL, Julia, Mathlab, etc)... and the good thing is that I have a 1080p touch display, so I'm good to go with Netflix for entertaiment.
I do want to start as a content creator (music), and I love videogames, but always wanted to do it on a PC or Gaming Laptop (tired of consoles) but those are no my priorities for now. Thanks a lot for your words. Blessings :)
@@oscarsimon5387 upgrade to i5
This was extremely helpful. I have the confidence now to make the change over and order the parts without thinking about it as a gamble anymore.
Hello TechCap! Great video. One part I had hoped to see was the initializing of the new SSD. BTW...of the topic....I love you chair! I want it. LOL
Thanks!
job interviewer: how will you deal with frustrations?
me: *places nose on keyboard*
Thanks for this, recently just purchased everything I need to self-upgrade my Laptop. At a total cost of £125 I have got a 500GB WD Blue SSD, 8GB Ram, SATA Cable, New Laptop Battery & the precision screwdriver set which im sure will come in handy for future odd jobs. Thank you for this video its great. Will update in the future and let you know how I got on.
I apologize for being a pain but which SATA cable did you guys buy I see different numbers like 2.5 and 3.5 and just don't know which one I should be buying.
2:08 Filipino product here
Congrats for having a Philippine hard disk haha
I dont remember toshiba being a philippine based company kinda funny tho bc hard drive in ph is so expensive when its actually manufactured there.
@@ML-fc3je Toshiba has a factory in Biñan, Laguna which assembles these hard drives then ships them out internationally.
technically it is not, but it was manufactured here in ph.
H E S W A P P E D IT A N Y W A
Filipinos always looking for international recognition going as far as recognizing a freakin hard drive.
OMG...I have that same laptop...thanks buddy big help..
I always cross my fingers and pray for the best after putting back a laptop
Thank you. Very informative🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Hey Mr. Tom I love watching your content but I have one question to ask, will this same ssd make my 8 year old laptop faster.
Yep! Might not be sata 3, but it'll still make a big difference
A year and some months ago, I swapped my old laptop's hard drive for an ssd, and the difference was insane. Before, I would never turn the device off since it would take so long to boot up (I'm pretty sure that's the main reason why the HD ended up failing). The device is from 2011 according to the oldest files (it was handed down to me), and even though I got a new laptop last summer, the computer still worked great the last time I used it (I gave it to my mom).
@SL1CK First do the ssd then the ram but you cannot do anything more unless you try searching on google if you can install a new cpu in to the model that you have (i dont know if you have an external gpu or gpu in the cpu together) maybe you can install a new gpu but i am not sure if your model has that you can upgrade it And of course it Will be expensive af 😂
Windows Destruction external gpus aren’t that expensive if you get a dock and use a desktop graphics card
wow i'm going to upgrade my laptop with a ssd tomorrow and this video is all i needed really it answered all my questions thanks a lot The Tech Chap :)
This is insane thank you so much tech chap, you just saved me thousand dollar, I was just about to throw my laptop as it was painfully slow it would not work only but after installing Samsung SSD and following your steps that laptop is a beast. It works flawlessly to perform everyday tasks it is an i3 laptop. Thank you so much bro.
Hey, i have a really slow laptop with a hard disk, i want to get a samsung ssd evo 870, can you tell me if its worth it? Im not that person that can buy laptops every year
I will appreciate your answer.
@@Marko-pn3yp yes bro it is worth it, just make sure to follow the correct steps, ssd is a beast, my laptop is quite fast, but previously I was on Hard drive thats why I feel much greater speed
@@fozanshaque6094 thanks really much! And also, i will bring my laptop to a tech shop because there are a lot of steps that im not able to do at home, appreciate it bro👍
Quich question, is your laptop at the same speed even after 9 months?
Very easy to understand, thanks sir!
Its sad to see very little views on your videos despite yours subscribers 😔
He is the best u youtuber and I am sure his subscribe will soon reached in millions. What I loved about him is ..He is following his passion and he make great videos no doubt.
The most important thing about Tom I like is he highlight the main things in his videos.
NOT like the others say-:
(pls subscribe my channel and hit the like button) from the starting of video and in-between and and at the end of the video as well..
Great video I just cloned my drive to an SSD 870 Evo, I used Macrium free version and it worked like a charm, some nice speed increases in startup and overall loading of programs.
Cheers
Pro tip: If you're going to get the external hard disk enclosure anyways, you don't need the SATA to USB cable. =)
(That was my case. I put the new SSD in the enclosure first to clone the hard disk. Then I swapped the hard drives after.)
this is what i was looking for....king
i love you thanks
@The-Basketball-Historian:
What external hard-disk-enclosure did you use?
[Can you please tell the brand-name, model-name, and model-number of it? So that it's easier to track-down [which one you used] and buy one.]
How do you connect from your external hard disk enclosure to your laptop if not thru USB port? This makes no sense!
@zohi 'enclosure' = $23, SATA cable = $7. Unless you need to have use of external ssd/hhd constantly then you must buy the enclosure. I am just cloning the ssd to replace the hhd. For my purpose i do not need to spend more. I did not have to mess around with setting or bios after cloned the ssd. the PC start right up as it was before but 10 times faster. Thanks.
Amazing video, helped me out immensely. Thank you, brother!
When you start the vid put subtitles on it says hey guys I’m telling tech Japan
Why youtube can't even do the "tom the tech chap" words🤦♂️
question. do you have to install windows again when you put the ssd?
At 00:08 I was like " bro its an ssd dont stare it like that"
but bro
Samsung EVO SSD tho 🔥
👁️👄👁️ 🧯
@@hippieduck you have a point
Been using a sluggish 7 year-old Asus K455L and decided to replace its hdd with an SSD just this year. BEST DECISION EVER.
Great tips. I specialise in giving new life to old laptops. First, fit as much RAM as it will take - often more than the manufacturer says. Then search the Intel Ark and buy a top spec New Old Stock CPU from China. Around £25 for what cost £450 new. Then fit a SSD and watch it fly. And you can also replace the DVD drive with a HDD caddy for extra storage using the old hard drive.
This video may be 4 years old but it’s exactly what I was looking for. SSD ordered. Hoping this will resurrect my 12+ year old laptop
Oh god its exactly my laptop i was thinking to upgrade It 😁😁
Even mine too😂
Thanks a lot man, you helped me a lot
Well done-- concise. and to-the-point. Good tips about transfer from the existing drive, and the need for a USB-SATA adapter/cable.
Those with an older SATA2 system bus will not see the dramatic improvement you enjoyed with a SATA3 bus, but the project is still worth doing.
BTW-- consider upgrading the RAM, as well. Even a small increase can benefit over-all performance.
Im using a Dell inspiron 15, 3000 series (with ddr3 XD) Absolutely great! thank you so much this is gonna give my graduation gift a new lease on life! Thank you man!
Funny, I'm watching the video on my phone next to the exact same laptop that's going to get a big ass upgrade
How was the upgrading process?
@@privateryan3136 it was alright. I got it a new ssd and upgraded the memory to 8gb so that my aunt can use it. She's really happy with it so far
what kind of screwdriver do i use..?
I went from a 860 evo sata ssd to a fast nvme drive and I notice a difference, everything feels a lot snappier.
But nvme only is really fast when it reads sequentially tho
@@xoxo-pp7ru You would be 100% wrong.
@@JamesSmith-sw3nk source ?
@@xoxo-pp7ru Your source? My source is my nvme feels and is faster than the sata ssd I had was.
@@JamesSmith-sw3nk that's not a source 💀
İ did it, replaced my old HDD with an Evo 860 , man it gives your system a new life 😍
Please dose the Evo 860 serves as your storage in place of the HDD
@@compilationvideos9235 obviously.
My Acer Aspire E5 upgraded with Samsung EVO 860. Now it feels waay faster and really worthed it! 😉
Subscribed just now.
Great content and wide variety.
same 1tb SSD on amazon is 125 instead on 158 on samsung site provided.
i got that same ssd from amazon back in december when they were only £94....SSD prices have rocketed due to an increase in nand prices.....
My PC not able to boot up after clone a new SSD. PC goes blank screen with a cursor on top left hand corner. It keeps blinking. PC not able to start up
Thanks for the video! One question, when we copy the data from our old HDD to the new SSD, will we need to activate the windows again?
Gteat question Im on the hunt for that answer now, I see many videos of people saying "now plug in your windows 10 flashdrive and thats all" like WTF!? Explain that very important step again? Hope you found out.
The answer is no. If you clone the drive everything stays the same.@@janolimit22
Ayo thx for this man. I didn't want to shell out the extra money for the SSD when I bought my Alienware laptop. I now regret that as the HDD has already become much slower within a span of 2 years. I ordered a Samsung SSD off Amazon and will be changing it out as soon as it arrives.
I was actually going to buy an expensive laptop because my i3 I so slow but this ssd is cool
Hey , sorry for this dumb question but i dont understand what an ssd exactly does. for example i need more space because my hdd its 64 gb and want to have a lot more space to install more things, so if i replace the hard drive disk with a ssd that has 500 gb ,then that means i'll have more space right?
Pls answer
If my hdd is 512Gb before, can i Upgrade it to become 1Tb of SSD ???
yes, of course you can do that
@@filipkendes1866 okay, thanks dude 😎🤟 you're rock!
Yep!
Dude u re a bundle of positive energy..great video cheers👍
great video. thank you so much for posting this. I will be updating my Dell Latitude E5530 with this soon! God bless!
This is an useful video. Thanks for your shares!
is it necessary to get exactly the same capacity SSD as your previous HDD.. for example if I had a 1tb HDD is it *necessary* to get exactly 1tb HDD
no its not , he sad its fine with 512 gb as well :)
Very helpful and informative, thank you.
3 yr old laptop? Lol. Imma try it on my 7 year old laptop!
Same here! A bit curious. Tried it yet? My laptop is 6 years old and awaiting an upgrade... from me... when I get my shit together. 🤓 Sigh.
@@hippieduck apparently I havent upgraded yey since this comment from 10 months ago, which shows I haven’t gotten my shit together yet too. Lol
The toughest part of upgrading a laptop to an ssd is getting it open some (like mine) are a pain in the ass but not impossible
LMAO! gen 5 Cor i3 gear isn't old, not in the way you put it.
Great video, upgraded HD to 1TB Samsung 860 EVO. Data Migration software made it easy peasy. THX
У меня asus vivobook x541, я тоже заменил HDD на SSD kingston a400 240GB, винда теперь летает, дал вторую жизнь своему ноуту.
я не знаю русского я использую переводчик
@@ripchaingaming5133 good job!
Great video mate best thing i have done my laptop is now very quick thanks
I am doing this upgrade this week and adding 16 RAM to my 6-years old laptop.👍
A Solid State Drive is the best upgrade. It was way better than more RAM on my 6-years old laptop.
@Fizzickz The SSD works great and I use it every week even though it's my backup. It has given extended life to my big laptop.
@Fizzickz First, I had my main PC Tower upgraded with an SSD with 110GB (too small). My laptop was 6-months ago as my spouse complained about how slow it was starting up back then (it was very slow). The SSD 1TB upgrade fixed that and I have no issues with zoom etc (I am not a gamer). I am thinking of upgrading my PC Tower to a bigger 1TB SSD as I use this every day. I got the SSD's at Best Buy (not sure the brand). Go big NOT small in the SSD.
@@branned bro i have a question, if i switch to ssd how do i get my files back? and how do i install a OS again?
@@cj9318 I had Geek Squad do it for me.
Great very well explained video. THANKYOU! 👏👏
I should probably use this method on my mums laptop, swear it takes 5 minutes just to start up 😂
If that takes much time to boot up. There might be a problem with the OS. A simple OS update might make the boot time a bit quicker.
ARTHUNTERREVIEW I’ve tried that already, tried everything apart from this and I’m sure that an SSD lying around the house somewhere
Exact reason I'm here 😂😂
Thanks very much brother.. Great video.. Well explained..
Dont get the samsung sad its overpriced. Theres other ssds with comparable speeds for like $50
Mamba could you make some recommendations please?
How about providing some links for the cables and screws and the specification of SSD...????
i've tried cloning my ssd to a new ssd for an upgrade. however, EVERY time it fails giving an error cause it can't write any sectors...any help?
Watching this as my laptop takes 10 minutes to load up
my brothers laptop came with 250 gb. and i wanted to upgrade it. would a 1tb still be okay?
Of course. Make sure the laptop does support standard SSDs. Some of the very ultra thin laptops have soldered on SSDs making upgrades impossible.
Love how ive been using a i3 6th gen well thanks for the tip its more faster than before and it really helped
You made no mention of the BIOS. Do any changes have to be made to it? Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I found it very helpful.
Great video! Thanks!