How to UPGRADE Your Laptop with a SSD!

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  • čas přidán 27. 01. 2020
  • Replacing your Laptop hard drive with an SSD is still the BEST Upgrade you can make - even in 2020! With a Samsung 860 EVO - I've transformed my 3 year old laptop! Do more of what you love #withSamsungSSD 👉 bit.ly/2RhmIpp
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  • @Thetechchap
    @Thetechchap  Před 4 lety +257

    Hey Chaps! What Laptop are you using right now? (and will you upgrade soon) 🤔

    • @andreaslampropoulos9822
      @andreaslampropoulos9822 Před 4 lety +10

      Asus N550JV. I've already upgraded it 2 years ago with a Samsung 840 pro and it flies;)

    • @ayushbharadwaj2536
      @ayushbharadwaj2536 Před 4 lety

      Asus vivobook k510u . I have recently upgraded it with crucial mx500 500gb ssd and crucial 8gb ram.

    • @ThejusJacob
      @ThejusJacob Před 4 lety

      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.

    • @ThejusJacob
      @ThejusJacob Před 4 lety

      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.

    • @Apex180
      @Apex180 Před 4 lety +1

      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)

  • @charleschaimkohl
    @charleschaimkohl Před 4 lety +484

    7:18 a computer is only as fast as it's slowest component
    That's a great line!

    • @iHateCactuars
      @iHateCactuars Před 4 lety +34

      Same with "a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link"
      Okthanksbye

    • @JM-dt9oo
      @JM-dt9oo Před 4 lety +3

      @@iHateCactuars just what i was about to say. so i'l say this, don't eat yellow snow.....

    • @TheFourthWinchester
      @TheFourthWinchester Před 4 lety +3

      That is a very common line for decades now.

    • @FluffyCatMC
      @FluffyCatMC Před 4 lety

      @@JM-dt9oo b- but i thought it was a snow cone :(

    • @beactivebehappy9894
      @beactivebehappy9894 Před 3 lety

      That forms the basis of chemistry kinetics...rate of reaction..

  • @israellai
    @israellai Před 4 lety +1163

    40-second boot times before the upgrade? I'm jealous

    • @Thetechchap
      @Thetechchap  Před 4 lety +81

      😅

    • @metsanemosehlane7891
      @metsanemosehlane7891 Před 4 lety +80

      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.

    • @aamfalyt2190
      @aamfalyt2190 Před 4 lety +7

      @@metsanemosehlane7891 SSD is a type of hard disks but SSD and HDD use different technologies

    • @slpip4365
      @slpip4365 Před 4 lety +2

      No, only 7-9 second of boot time for Windows 10.

    • @aamfalyt2190
      @aamfalyt2190 Před 4 lety +13

      @@slpip4365 not with a HDD and a 4 GB ram device

  • @yoshimitsupunk
    @yoshimitsupunk Před 4 lety +425

    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 🤔

    • @Tianablue1
      @Tianablue1 Před 4 lety +5

      Anda Mbambo Good job this video wasn’t sponsored by ASUS.

    • @uhhuh8224
      @uhhuh8224 Před 4 lety +3

      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

    • @prothx2
      @prothx2 Před 3 lety +2

      Lol. Hilarious

    • @albertobettoldi8240
      @albertobettoldi8240 Před 3 lety +6

      I have a hp with a hdd @5400 rpm, it takes ages to open a single chrome tab.

    • @lol-ws6po
      @lol-ws6po Před 3 lety +2

      @@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

  • @mikecoshan3752
    @mikecoshan3752 Před 4 lety +566

    My laptop is 15 years old, I’m sure it was used to help construct the pyramids 🤔

  • @2Cor120
    @2Cor120 Před 2 lety +10

    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!

  • @photonic6206
    @photonic6206 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Its so funny watching this video 3 years in the future and seeing how much has changes since then

  • @silentsevenstars4154
    @silentsevenstars4154 Před 3 lety +240

    "I have this 3 year old laptop"
    Boi I been using a laptop bought in 2004

    • @silentsevenstars4154
      @silentsevenstars4154 Před 3 lety +3

      @Ansab Ansab I have the hp pavilion ts sleekbook with a Pentium processor

    • @LoganT547
      @LoganT547 Před 3 lety +6

      @@silentsevenstars4154 bruh for a laptop that old I'd suggest just installing Linux which will speed it up a lot

    • @silentsevenstars4154
      @silentsevenstars4154 Před 3 lety +7

      @@LoganT547 nah I got a new laptop yesterday

    • @hameemkhan204
      @hameemkhan204 Před 3 lety +3

      @@silentsevenstars4154 i feel happy for you!! I hope you enjoy your new machine

    • @silentsevenstars4154
      @silentsevenstars4154 Před 3 lety +6

      @@hameemkhan204 it took my 7 minutes to open google on my old one, now I can open google instantly :D

  • @dougmacmcclelland1323
    @dougmacmcclelland1323 Před 2 lety +26

    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

  • @yosoydavid6429
    @yosoydavid6429 Před 3 lety +20

    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!

  • @johnpaulbacon8320
    @johnpaulbacon8320 Před 4 lety +57

    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.

    • @Stardust_Truth_Seeker
      @Stardust_Truth_Seeker Před 5 měsíci

      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

    • @johnpaulbacon8320
      @johnpaulbacon8320 Před 5 měsíci

      @@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.

  • @ebinom8112
    @ebinom8112 Před 4 lety +16

    This video came at the right time and it's just what I need! Thanks a lot :)

  • @sijokxavier
    @sijokxavier Před 4 lety +199

    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.

    • @sijokxavier
      @sijokxavier Před 4 lety

      Could you also make a video about short stroking of hard disks.

  • @311bomb
    @311bomb Před 2 lety +6

    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!

    • @samurottman6832
      @samurottman6832 Před 2 lety

      Cus I'm planning to do this myself, how's your laptop now compared to before?

  • @mattallen543
    @mattallen543 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @uktech
    @uktech Před 4 lety +26

    So glad you mentioned the anti static strap. 👍🏼

    • @Naughty_Squad
      @Naughty_Squad Před 3 lety

      Been opening many pc's/laptop's stoped using the strap, just wash your hands and wipe them in a cotton towel..

  • @jphzazueta
    @jphzazueta Před 4 lety +65

    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.

    • @reiyanoid
      @reiyanoid Před rokem

      let me guess he has intel 4000 video card🤔

  • @frostieff
    @frostieff Před 3 lety +18

    it would be interesting to see a small compilation of experiments done on how much they improve on old laptops from like 2013

    • @Jeff-lc2xd
      @Jeff-lc2xd Před 2 lety +1

      That's true. A 3 yo laptop isn't as old anyway

  • @desmondchukwudiezuluebo7185

    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. 💯💯💯💯

    • @SRJ2832
      @SRJ2832 Před rokem

      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.

  • @louera
    @louera Před 6 měsíci +2

    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!

  • @thercattrainer
    @thercattrainer Před 2 lety +17

    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!

    • @Covid-bv4hp
      @Covid-bv4hp Před 2 lety

      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.

    • @thercattrainer
      @thercattrainer Před 2 lety

      @@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.

  • @pheeku6996
    @pheeku6996 Před 2 lety +8

    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

  • @mahjabinfiza9982
    @mahjabinfiza9982 Před 3 lety +1

    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 :)

  • @danielg2946
    @danielg2946 Před rokem +1

    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

  • @halitekmekcioglu7150
    @halitekmekcioglu7150 Před 2 lety +3

    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.

  • @ionamic
    @ionamic Před rokem +5

    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

  • @Swampy-Kay
    @Swampy-Kay Před 7 měsíci +1

    explained very clearly and concisely, great work. helped a lot. deserves a big like.

  • @ABDR7MN
    @ABDR7MN Před 3 lety

    I subscribed mainly for that sudden staring at 6:56, also for the quick beneficence

  • @stanleybowman-hood6194
    @stanleybowman-hood6194 Před 3 lety +42

    What’s also good about this is the old hdd can be used for backups or in a desktop as extra storage

  • @bobgreene2892
    @bobgreene2892 Před 2 lety +4

    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.

  • @joshuasteele4498
    @joshuasteele4498 Před 3 lety +1

    Been considering this for awhile.
    I have an older i3 machine that was originally bought as a Win8 machine that I took to 10 back when that was first released as a free upgrade.
    It works fine for the light work I ask of it, but at 6 years old now, I know that drive is going to belly up on me some day.
    Thanks for the vid

  • @TheMxrrab
    @TheMxrrab Před 4 měsíci

    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 CZcams. Thank you
    Btw my laptop is an ASUS N56V and is probably 13 years or older now.

  • @dragonniz
    @dragonniz Před 4 lety +17

    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

    • @asunitarmizi3420
      @asunitarmizi3420 Před 2 lety +1

      Lol...if you manage to do all those kind of things...just buy a new one mate😂

  • @Bloom0to9
    @Bloom0to9 Před 3 lety +18

    wave 2 lockdown is here. Time to install the SSD that's been sitting in my room for 6 months LOOOOL

  • @kilo-boltaction7984
    @kilo-boltaction7984 Před 2 lety +2

    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

  • @Daniel-ud9jj
    @Daniel-ud9jj Před 3 lety +2

    Love how ive been using a i3 6th gen well thanks for the tip its more faster than before and it really helped

  • @Jonathan_Em8
    @Jonathan_Em8 Před 3 lety +7

    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.

  • @slpip4365
    @slpip4365 Před 4 lety +10

    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.

  • @centralcarhub2692
    @centralcarhub2692 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for this tutorial, I have the exact same laptop, so this was great for me!!

  • @drydreams8513
    @drydreams8513 Před 5 měsíci +1

    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 CZcams 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

  • @BIZKIT1968
    @BIZKIT1968 Před 4 lety +27

    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.

  • @jaypatil4912
    @jaypatil4912 Před 3 lety +5

    What a coincidence. The laptop model he is showing us a slow is the same model I'm struggling with :D

  • @richardchambersjr.3735

    Great video, upgraded HD to 1TB Samsung 860 EVO. Data Migration software made it easy peasy. THX

  • @saaleempanhalkar846
    @saaleempanhalkar846 Před 4 lety +1

    Subscribed just now.
    Great content and wide variety.

  • @zeeshan.qureshi
    @zeeshan.qureshi Před 4 lety +4

    great video. thank you so much for posting this. I will be updating my Dell Latitude E5530 with this soon! God bless!

  • @BritishBeachcomber
    @BritishBeachcomber Před 3 lety +5

    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.

  • @pauld7861
    @pauld7861 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

    • @SRJ2832
      @SRJ2832 Před rokem

      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.

  • @miguelship3
    @miguelship3 Před 3 lety

    Thanks mate, my laptop is a new machine now. Great tutorial man

  • @metsanemosehlane7891
    @metsanemosehlane7891 Před 4 lety +3

    I always cross my fingers and pray for the best after putting back a laptop

  • @oscarsimon5387
    @oscarsimon5387 Před 4 lety +4

    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.

    • @gzarari
      @gzarari Před 4 lety +1

      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 :)

    • @oscarsimon5387
      @oscarsimon5387 Před 4 lety

      @@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 :)

    • @skander6167
      @skander6167 Před 4 lety

      @@oscarsimon5387 upgrade to i5

  • @celynamez
    @celynamez Před 3 lety

    I’m so happy you made this video! I just ordered the Samsung ssd 500 and stuff it’s coming in two days! I’ll update to let you know how everything goes 🤞 I have been looking for a solution to this issue almost throwing my laptop away but I didn’t lose hope lol next upgrade might have to be graphics card? I’m a streamer gamer doodler on the go so this is soooo important to me thank you for the video!!!

  • @jayden9465
    @jayden9465 Před 3 lety

    Great very well explained video. THANKYOU! 👏👏

  • @user-ej1iu6ye8k
    @user-ej1iu6ye8k Před 4 lety +8

    Oh god its exactly my laptop i was thinking to upgrade It 😁😁

  • @fozanshaque6094
    @fozanshaque6094 Před 3 lety +3

    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.

    • @Marko-pn3yp
      @Marko-pn3yp Před 2 lety

      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
      @Marko-pn3yp Před 2 lety

      I will appreciate your answer.

    • @fozanshaque6094
      @fozanshaque6094 Před 2 lety

      @@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

    • @Marko-pn3yp
      @Marko-pn3yp Před 2 lety

      @@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👍

    • @Marko-pn3yp
      @Marko-pn3yp Před 2 lety

      Quich question, is your laptop at the same speed even after 9 months?

  • @rikkiwang2013
    @rikkiwang2013 Před 3 lety

    Nice content. I follow the steps and made my upgrade. Thank you.

  • @nightmare_man_00gamingden15

    Helpful video upgrading my old ish laptop this weekend

  • @alphaadhito
    @alphaadhito Před 4 lety +6

    My Acer Aspire E5 upgraded with Samsung EVO 860. Now it feels waay faster and really worthed it! 😉

  • @ArjunGopinathan
    @ArjunGopinathan Před 4 lety +11

    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.

    • @Thetechchap
      @Thetechchap  Před 4 lety +4

      Yep! Might not be sata 3, but it'll still make a big difference

    • @jphzazueta
      @jphzazueta Před 4 lety +4

      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).

    • @EgoLifter8011
      @EgoLifter8011 Před 4 lety

      @@Thetechchap what should i upgrade first the cpu or ram or ssd or what,that can make my laptop run games cuz its slow it cant even run steam games so f laggy

    • @TrapXvll354
      @TrapXvll354 Před 3 lety

      @@EgoLifter8011 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 😂

    • @mattthamonster842
      @mattthamonster842 Před 3 lety

      Windows Destruction external gpus aren’t that expensive if you get a dock and use a desktop graphics card

  • @Lintang7
    @Lintang7 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Very easy to understand, thanks sir!

  • @unique7893
    @unique7893 Před 7 měsíci

    Amazing video, helped me out immensely. Thank you, brother!

  • @FGV_Gravity
    @FGV_Gravity Před 4 lety +4

    I was actually going to buy an expensive laptop because my i3 I so slow but this ssd is cool

  • @kevinchamdani
    @kevinchamdani Před 3 lety +43

    job interviewer: how will you deal with frustrations?
    me: *places nose on keyboard*

  • @tonycarrier5313
    @tonycarrier5313 Před 2 lety

    Great video mate best thing i have done my laptop is now very quick thanks

  • @inder19ify
    @inder19ify Před 3 lety

    Dude u re a bundle of positive energy..great video cheers👍

  • @aithanperera
    @aithanperera Před 3 lety +6

    When you start the vid put subtitles on it says hey guys I’m telling tech Japan

    • @miloslimenguyen2572
      @miloslimenguyen2572 Před 3 lety

      Why youtube can't even do the "tom the tech chap" words🤦‍♂️

  • @theyogidevotee
    @theyogidevotee Před 3 lety +24

    The fact that I have that exact same laptop...

  • @winnonjnindranraja5004

    Thanks very much brother.. Great video.. Well explained..

  • @mytube1kk
    @mytube1kk Před 3 lety

    Very helpful and informative, thank you.

  • @yaradotexe
    @yaradotexe Před 3 lety +6

    Funny, I'm watching the video on my phone next to the exact same laptop that's going to get a big ass upgrade

    • @privateryan3136
      @privateryan3136 Před 3 lety

      How was the upgrading process?

    • @yaradotexe
      @yaradotexe Před 3 lety

      @@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

  • @rarinth
    @rarinth Před 3 lety +20

    2:08 Filipino product here
    Congrats for having a Philippine hard disk haha

    • @ML-fc3je
      @ML-fc3je Před 3 lety +8

      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.

    • @scorpseven2861
      @scorpseven2861 Před 3 lety +3

      @@ML-fc3je Toshiba has a factory in Biñan, Laguna which assembles these hard drives then ships them out internationally.

    • @rustylarry7465
      @rustylarry7465 Před 3 lety +1

      technically it is not, but it was manufactured here in ph.

    • @slim3190
      @slim3190 Před 3 lety

      H E S W A P P E D IT A N Y W A

    • @carlolualhati1430
      @carlolualhati1430 Před 3 lety +3

      Filipinos always looking for international recognition going as far as recognizing a freakin hard drive.

  • @JesusContrerasG
    @JesusContrerasG Před 2 měsíci

    Thanks a lot man, you helped me a lot

  • @tirumurubalaji7948
    @tirumurubalaji7948 Před 3 lety

    Thanks bro my laptop boosts up with much speed thank you very much

  • @AlexandrSh
    @AlexandrSh Před 4 lety +7

    У меня asus vivobook x541, я тоже заменил HDD на SSD kingston a400 240GB, винда теперь летает, дал вторую жизнь своему ноуту.

    • @ripchaingaming5133
      @ripchaingaming5133 Před 3 lety

      я не знаю русского я использую переводчик

    • @AlexandrSh
      @AlexandrSh Před 3 lety +1

      @@ripchaingaming5133 good job!

  • @emFire101
    @emFire101 Před 4 lety +4

    same 1tb SSD on amazon is 125 instead on 158 on samsung site provided.

    • @PawPawStudios
      @PawPawStudios Před 4 lety

      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.....

  • @SRJ2832
    @SRJ2832 Před rokem

    Thank you. Very informative🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @gerryh.6971
    @gerryh.6971 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The Tech Chap is great ! Thanks

  • @abhijeetsinghchauhan34
    @abhijeetsinghchauhan34 Před 3 lety +15

    At 00:08 I was like " bro its an ssd dont stare it like that"

  • @anujmuzik
    @anujmuzik Před 3 lety +5

    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?

    • @janolimit22
      @janolimit22 Před 2 lety

      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.

    • @ilseizi
      @ilseizi Před 10 měsíci

      The answer is no. If you clone the drive everything stays the same.@@janolimit22

  • @ameyapathak2008
    @ameyapathak2008 Před 8 měsíci +1

    OMG...I have that same laptop...thanks buddy big help..

  • @lucienr
    @lucienr Před 3 lety

    Well done! It was useful for me. Thank you. :)

  • @Scruklemush
    @Scruklemush Před 4 lety +51

    Its sad to see very little views on your videos despite yours subscribers 😔

    • @viswajeetsingh
      @viswajeetsingh Před 4 lety +2

      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..

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 Před 2 lety +46

    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.)

    • @z01k1
      @z01k1 Před 2 lety

      this is what i was looking for....king

    • @ricardoteixeira3635
      @ricardoteixeira3635 Před 2 lety

      i love you thanks

    • @reoencarcelado5904
      @reoencarcelado5904 Před rokem +1

      @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.]

    • @ScreamingReel500
      @ScreamingReel500 Před rokem

      How do you connect from your external hard disk enclosure to your laptop if not thru USB port? This makes no sense!

    • @ScreamingReel500
      @ScreamingReel500 Před rokem +2

      @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.

  • @lamchucongnghe1318
    @lamchucongnghe1318 Před 2 lety

    This is an useful video. Thanks for your shares!

  • @Romanomadox
    @Romanomadox Před 3 lety

    Hi Tom, just wanted to say that thanks to you my laptop is as good as a brand new one! I have a Asus exactly the same as this one and I hardly ever used it cause it was so slow!!! Now it's fast and fast and slick. Did the change over night had one issue with the cloning, vss error, but all good.. I tried to sell my laptop and they offered me 72€ at the shop.
    Spent 50€ and have a great and fast laptop.
    Thank you so much and God bless.
    Cheers

  • @alvint2635
    @alvint2635 Před 4 lety +4

    3 yr old laptop? Lol. Imma try it on my 7 year old laptop!

    • @hippieduck
      @hippieduck Před 3 lety +1

      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.

    • @alvint2635
      @alvint2635 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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

  • @JamesSmith-sw3nk
    @JamesSmith-sw3nk Před 4 lety +7

    I went from a 860 evo sata ssd to a fast nvme drive and I notice a difference, everything feels a lot snappier.

    • @xoxo-pp7ru
      @xoxo-pp7ru Před 4 lety

      But nvme only is really fast when it reads sequentially tho

    • @JamesSmith-sw3nk
      @JamesSmith-sw3nk Před 4 lety

      @@xoxo-pp7ru You would be 100% wrong.

    • @xoxo-pp7ru
      @xoxo-pp7ru Před 4 lety

      @@JamesSmith-sw3nk source ?

    • @JamesSmith-sw3nk
      @JamesSmith-sw3nk Před 4 lety

      @@xoxo-pp7ru Your source? My source is my nvme feels and is faster than the sata ssd I had was.

    • @xoxo-pp7ru
      @xoxo-pp7ru Před 4 lety +2

      @@JamesSmith-sw3nk that's not a source 💀

  • @Shamimfarsi
    @Shamimfarsi Před 3 lety +2

    Great video. It would be nice if you can add all the links from the tools that you used for the transfer process. Thank you.

  • @eminusipi
    @eminusipi Před 3 lety

    I upgraded my Acer 2011 laptop with a Kingston 240Gb SATA SSD to replace the 500GB hard disk. For about $30 it was good money spent. Can't see getting a larger more expensive drive for my old backup computer. It boots up remarkably fast even with Windows 10! I upgraded my relatively new Dell laptop with a 500G NVMe m.2 chip. Minutes turned to seconds! It was painful to use the 2T HD before the upgrade! It's now a pleasure to use. I used free Macrium for my Dell but did a clean install on my Acer.

  • @budhachandrayumkhaibam6079

    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

    • @viktord.889
      @viktord.889 Před 4 lety

      no its not , he sad its fine with 512 gb as well :)

  • @sliceofbread34
    @sliceofbread34 Před 3 lety +7

    I should probably use this method on my mums laptop, swear it takes 5 minutes just to start up 😂

    • @RaffyART1995
      @RaffyART1995 Před 3 lety

      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.

    • @sliceofbread34
      @sliceofbread34 Před 3 lety

      ARTHUNTERREVIEW I’ve tried that already, tried everything apart from this and I’m sure that an SSD lying around the house somewhere

    • @omniqueplays
      @omniqueplays Před 3 lety

      Exact reason I'm here 😂😂

  • @sujalpanchal7079
    @sujalpanchal7079 Před 3 lety

    Very helpful !! Appreciate

  • @cristiandiazbasualto
    @cristiandiazbasualto Před 3 lety

    Amazing video, thank you very much. Greetings from Perú.

  • @pureviewsands9280
    @pureviewsands9280 Před 4 lety +8

    If my hdd is 512Gb before, can i Upgrade it to become 1Tb of SSD ???

  • @branned
    @branned Před 3 lety +3

    I am doing this upgrade this week and adding 16 RAM to my 6-years old laptop.👍

    • @branned
      @branned Před 3 lety

      A Solid State Drive is the best upgrade. It was way better than more RAM on my 6-years old laptop.

    • @branned
      @branned Před 3 lety

      @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.

    • @branned
      @branned Před 3 lety

      @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.

    • @cj9318
      @cj9318 Před 3 lety

      @@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?

    • @branned
      @branned Před 3 lety

      @@cj9318 I had Geek Squad do it for me.

  • @mustfa.islam9
    @mustfa.islam9 Před 2 lety

    Thank you that was very helpful.

  • @Barnacle392
    @Barnacle392 Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @cobrin6437
    @cobrin6437 Před 4 lety +9

    LMAO! gen 5 Cor i3 gear isn't old, not in the way you put it.

  • @AutomaticMamba
    @AutomaticMamba Před 4 lety +3

    Dont get the samsung sad its overpriced. Theres other ssds with comparable speeds for like $50

    • @QuranwithRain
      @QuranwithRain Před 4 lety +2

      Mamba could you make some recommendations please?

  • @REAL_MPSS
    @REAL_MPSS Před 3 lety

    Thank you for being concise. This was the fourth video I tried to watch and some people (Americans (keep that to yourself)) go on and on about it.

  • @leop1830
    @leop1830 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm planning to replace the HDD of my inspiron 5459 with SSD so this greatly help. Thanks for the walkthrough. Also I'm thinking of buying Macbook Air for office use because I think they last longer. Is it really worth it for the price? What's your thought on that?