Old PC Upgrade #2: SSD Boot Drive

[@jnhentz]

Well, Christopher, let's just say I am blown away with your thorough and simple instructions which have resulted in my 2014 HP 810-160 computer booting not in minutes but in seconds just now with zero glitches in the process! I am a 73 year old woman and my life has been consumed by computers since 1978, so I am tech savvy, but having said that, I have always been completely intimidated by the hardware end of this business. Your videos have really clarified so much for me, and in a fun way. I will be upgrading more of my old PCs using your videos and immense expertise. Thank you so much! You are absolutely the best resource for understanding and executing these upgrades. I don't feel intimidated anymore :)

[@ExplainingComputers]

This is great to hear. There is nothing like an HDD to SSD upgrade! :)

[@arsaeterna4285]

Always explaining things slowly, carefully, like a friend who really cares about you understanding I appreciate these so much

[@booksbythefire5549]

Too bad most people in tech explain things like you're an idiot, just because you're interested and _gasp_ asked a question.

[@YR2050]

I like it explained dumbly. I hate that other Techy-Fancy-type of video that assumes you know everything about PC and briefly explained everything in under 3 minutes. If I could understand what they are doing in 3 minutes I wouldn't need them.

[@Nerotique]

It's one thing to explain it carefully, and at a slow pace. It's just plain meanness when the RTFM crowd treats you like a moron, just because you asked a question.

[@ChipsCooper]

You're by far the best bloke on the internet for actually explaining on how to do things with computers both new and old thanks so much Chips.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks Chips. :)

[@ChinoMakalao]

I love this guys 90’s style and his outfit . Don’t ever change that! It’s nice to see someone have a unique and original style from others ! This gives nostalgia!

[@henryfelce8279]

This video was most helpful for an upgrade to a 2009 PC. Although this was a highly specified PCSpecialist model, it had become very sluggish. I replaced the WD 300GB VelociRaptor hard drive with a Crucial MX500 500GB SSD, £50.19 from Amazon. The improvement in performance is remarkable and the PC is now usable and responsive. Thank you, Chris, for your helpful and instructive videos.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Sounds like a great result! Thanks for sharing here.

[@zetaconvex1987]

"Cable management", says the guy who blu tacks a drive to the case. Just messing with you Chris, we love you really.

[@ExplainingComputers]

I said that you *could* Blu Tack the drive to the case . . . :)

[@DenisKz]

My cable management is a black cover so you can't see the mess inside, I leave my ssd's flapping in the breeze.

[@darnell8897]

KZbin comment section cable management goals: short, straight runs. No kinks or twist. Minimal visual exposure. No cables intersecting or tangles. My cable management goals: I hope I can manage to stuff all these cables into this case without leaving any of the panels off.

[@ElmerFuddGun]

@@DenisKz - * SSDs.

[@jeffreyjoshuarollin9554]

If you use blue tack, you've no need for cables and therefore there's no cable management. Just saying.

[@able1115]

one of the best instructor's i've ever seen on youtube on anything! so thorough, non confusing, very simplistick, clean voice and speech, ...... he should be paid good money to do ANY instructional video's!! it just doesnt get any better than this guy! so well done!!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Thanks for your kind feedback. :)

[@ozmobozo]

4:40 when it comes to mounting an ssd to this kind of a bay I just screw it to one side and it sort of floats there but I had no issues so far. Taping is a good idea too.

[@DWink-bp8vw]

Absolutely! Four screws to secure the drive in the bay will only be advantageous in the case of nearby explosions, earthquake or tornado. Of course, this is also an excellent way to dispose of extra screws, or a nifty way to store screws for use elsewhere in the future. Brilliant!

[@dnoodspodu1159]

I had now a bunch of SSDs laying aroung with twisted cables - as I do not have a case No issues

[@AdamqK]

Crikey, that was GREAT! Someone recommended I do this to my current, quite aged PC, but my lack of confidence in all things technical has prevented me from even thinking of it. Not any more!! This is exactly the kind of clear, comprehensible instructions I've been looking for -- thank you so much!

[@MonkeyspankO]

Building vintage computers is like making your own bread. Perhaps not the most efficient, but definitely satisfying!

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@Muck006]

I "feel" this is going to be a NECESSARY step to teach to kids so they understand how the current generation of PC architecture came to be and most certainly enable them better to fix it. The software companies are trying their hardest to "make people NOT THINK/NOT KNOW" where their data is on a hard drive with all the pre-planned folders that arent "visibly" connected to a drive ... which has the purpose of making it look more complicated than it is when things go wrong. Without "us who lived through it" teaching this to kids it will be lost knowledge in a short while.

[@Antonio-fl3nr]

Boot time is no that important while it stays under 60 seconds, the real benefits of that SSD are seen when launching applications.

[@ayveee3811]

Your videos style feels so old-fashioned and I'm not complaining

[@ExplainingComputers]

:)

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

I like the "old style" presentation. It's clear, concise, and to the point. I do *not* like KZbin presenters who ramble for 10 minutes before getting to the point of the video and who don't appear to have given much thought to what they're trying to say. It gives the impression they're not actually clear on what they're trying to achieve, or indeed, know what they're talking about.

[@John900C]

That calm and methodical style is very reassuring to the less experienced (and older) tinkerer such as myself. A bit like armed forces basic training, teach the essential knowledge required for the task and give a path for more development for those with the interest / capacity to learn.

[@saifmohammed1709]

I like the style and the intro everything is professional and the video is very useful

[@AnilArya51]

@@ExplainingComputers we love that, don't change your style.

[@ecophreak1]

Love seeing these incremental upgrades, reminds of when I was a student, having used laptops for ages I once again wanted a desktop, but with very little funds I put together a low end system using a mix of 2nd hand parts from ebay, new ones and a donated gpu from a friend. Over the next year or two I upgraded that system part by part until it was a decent mid-range system, it was fun seeing how much performance I'd gained from each new part in the system.

[@offspringfan89]

That's the beauty of a desktop, the modularity.

[@fmar.8311]

@@offspringfan89 That's why people also loved the older thinkpads, they were so upgradable. The new ones now have very little that is upgradable.

[@sucof977]

Just a note: avoid using twist ties in a pc. They can wear out in time and expose the metal part on the inside. If they fall off they could possibly short something

[@ExplainingComputers]

I cannot imagine how one will wear out in situ, but certainly a worn twist tie may present a potential hazzard.

[@bneon]

Agreed been using wire ties for years never seen one cause any damage , but if your that scared use cable zip ties or pvc tape it doesn't really matter it's not that important

[@alyeakitty]

In IT I don't think I ever used plastic/paper coated metal center twist ties (different from nylon only flexible twist cable ties...the ones with the little balls at the ends) where bundling a lot of heavy wires together was better using UV protected nylon zip strips but even for small wire bundles. In some applications, potential issues of rust and loosening/degrading of covering material from heat/light, etc can leave exposed metal that could cause major problems. However, as long as you are not applying too much stress to the cables being held, the tie is not too tight, and the PC is going to be in a relatively stable environment plastic (never EVER paper imo) coated metal twist ties should last, and be okay, for the typical lifetime of a home PC, though care should be taken and checked each time the PC is cleaned. IF wires held together are not in a stable environment, have the potential to be exposed to UV (like some lighting kits of old or subjected to sunlight), need to be tight, and are heavy or considerable size then alternatives would be better suited.

[@BorgSwarm]

I have to agree. I have been working in IT and doing PC repair for 30 some odd years. I actually have on one or two occasions seen the ties with a metal conductor in them cause shorts. Zip ties can be used, as seen in the video, if not done carefully can cause issues as well. And the thing that bothers me most about zip ties is that I always seem to have to remove them when I don't have any wire snips readily available. So I'll use zip ties in a pinch but like Chris, I prefer to use velcro straps. The nylon twists are handy as well but I never have them around when I need them.

[@SomeNot]

I only use velcro cable ties. They are reusable and have no risk of shorts.

[@infolearner9058]

Explaining computers and, as the the name suggests, Mr. Christopher Barnatt is the absolute expert for this job.

[@FoxrainFuture]

I love upgrading to SSDs in older PCs or Laptops for friends and relatives who are not as tech savy because its like magic for them :D

[@camberwellcarrot420]

SSD and more RAM are the best upgrades for an old PC. A couple of strips of velcro is my preferred SSD mounting method.🙂

[@richardcranium4830]

I would not use twist ties for cable management as they are metallic and if they move or you don't notice one touching the motherboard the potential for shorting or even completely frying you mother board is high.

[@joegee2815]

Absolutely, I bought a bunch of velcro strips from ebay and have started using them for all sorts of cable management.

[@otavio30]

Same, i used some zipties

[@YounesLayachi]

Aren't they covered in some rubbery material for insulation ? In any case, a velcro sounds better

[@watsoft70]

I was having heart palpitations all the way to the end thinking about this. Come on Christopher, get your head in the game, lol.

[@lko2181cp]

@@YounesLayachi Yes, but wire is exposed at the end points and if you touch something with each end, you have a connection. I've a few twist ties to remove myself, but they really aren't a good idea, IMO.

[@YounesLayachi]

After watching this even the inexperienced like me feels confident cloning drives in the future :D Thank you

[@Sensorama2000]

Is it still not common knowledge that an SSD is mandatory for a usable pc...

[@Roy_1]

It's not mandatory at all, but it makes it much smoother to use.

[@horseradishpower9947]

This is an old PC. Thus, will be using older technology. The whole point of this video series, is to show how to upgrade older machines, to extend their lifespans.

[@Sensorama2000]

@@horseradishpower9947 jepp, my PC is about 9 years old and the processor is a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition from 2009... Still powerful enough for FHD gaming like R6S. My friends never understood why an ssd is so important...

[@horseradishpower9947]

@@Sensorama2000 Well, not everyone is going to be tech savvy enough to know the difference, and won't likely care, either. It just is the way it is.

[@cokeforever]

No AHCI mode on sata controller? With bios dated 2010? That sounds unusual, maybe there is an option for switching ide/ahci? (my ami bios dated 2008 had it under "sata configuration"... the boost on Sata2 in ahci mode is quite noticable, so it worth switching to. Also, have you checked "power settings" in win10 - enable "fast boot" there, the machine has enough ram to make use of this feature. p.p.s. right-clicking win10 start button brings most of needed admin features in one menu, far more useful than right-clicking "this pc". Anyways, great vid as usual, Chris!

[@chrisfoster9080]

A cup of tea, cat on the lap and ExplainingComputers. Sundays are great.

[@Hi-kq5rx]

I think that we can all agree that the star of the show was Mr. Scissors

[@manpetepetrop8034]

Mr. Christopher Barnatt , you are a true legend Sir ! - I was about to upgrade my old laptop with a SSD - it has a free slot for an extra drive and also the HDD is partitioned as shown in your video. With the lockdown here in Greece where i live, it is difficult to find a repair shop to do the job for me. So i decided i should do it myself - and learn something in the process - Thank You Very Much and best wishes from Greece !👍

[@bweewp]

Just a little note if I may: always patch Macrium if you get the notification on initial start-up of the program. This updates bug fixes and other stuff they’ve improved on the program for optimal performance. Thanks for the very straightforward and informative videos!

[@patrickburyk9973]

Just scanned thru all the comments.... Am I really the only person who caught your reference to "Ben Hur"?!?!? Deary me!!!!!

[@Reziac]

LOL, no, I'm still chuckling. He goes five minutes long and the chariots appear. :D

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Clearly not that silly REMAKE from 1959? :-P

[@MonkeyspankO]

@@dallesamllhals9161 HA!

[@fcwilli]

I smirked at the comment.

[@howtobebasic2122]

do the same series for laptops because older laptops can be upgraded

[@perrymcclusky4695]

I’m off to drag my old desktop computer out of the closet and open it up! Looking forward to your next video.

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Honestly installing a SSD in my old PC was a revelation. So much speed increase.

[@SKARKIBANEZ]

Exactly what i did to put Win7 to Nvme Clone"em from the ssd ;) And it boots SOLID.....!!!

[@bub_sy]

Even though I've built hundreds of PC's at work & for myself I'm still loving this series it's great to know older machines are still getting used 👍

[@ShaggyCZ]

You mean my pc?

[@lahirumadushanka5756]

@@ShaggyCZ No, Os 🤣🤣

[@patrik0905]

I like this videos very professionally said 👍💯

[@ctbinary42]

My first adventure with cloning drives was av disaster! I wish I had this video back then. (Well, there again, there wasn't any KZbin then lol!)

[@אליסףאשכנזי-ס3ע]

I'm using Rescuezilla, completely free and open-source cloning software.

[@tomlewis3658]

This was a very well-presented video. I did something like this to my vintage 2014 HP Core i3 desktop PC. It came with a 1 TB Western Digital Blue HDD. I used a Crucial 1 TB SDD. It came with a limited version of Acronis True Image, for the cloning step. I used a USB to SATA interface cable, and ran the cloning step via USB, with the SSD drive outside the cabinet, and then shut down and installed the SSD in place of the HDD. I kept the HDD as a disaster recovery item. If the SSD fails, I can reinstall the HDD and have very little down time. One thing I would recommend to anyone doing this - use a high-capacity SSD. I wish I had gone with a 2 TB drive. With the improved performance (SSD + a previous RAM upgrade), now the desktop is very capable of running VM's. I have both VMware Workstation 15 Player and Oracle VM VirtualBox. This lets me play around with various Linux distros, and things like Windows Servers (which expire because they are not licensed, but can be re-created).

[@techntell6684]

Really enjoying this series... :-)

[@ExplainingComputers]

Glad to hear it!

[@iman7godiswithus]

Would have been nice to see the Chrome open time comparison from the last video and maybe the HDD times for opening gimp as well. Still though its nice to see a comparison on just how much faster you can get with various upgrades to low end pcs. On SATA3 Im sure the SSD would have been a massive boost even with 4GB of RAM only.

[@mikem9536]

I feel like something else is slowing this down, even for Sata II this is a slow boot.

[@MixedArarash]

This video solved all of my questions. Thank you very much for the nice job. Well done.

[@timurtheterrible4062]

This is a rather nice channel. No nonsense, just what was promised. It gets straight to the point, and the point is explained well. Thank you.

[@titus3264]

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[@mikepxg6406]

never clone HDD to SSD always do a clean instal to a new SSD. Just back up all important files first then transfer to new SSD.

[@norwegiangaming]

I know its not a good solution but my ssd just hangs by the cable in the air. I guess i am just lazy

[@Reziac]

LOL, I've done that too. With the lightweight ones, no problem. Wouldn't want to do it with the Samsungs, as they're quite a lot heavier.

[@boink800]

What happens if the SSD-drive is worth more money than that ancient PC is?

[@DacLMK]

Interesting video. For cloning I've used the 'DD' command, or GParted in Linux, which both are good.

[@thaandessonalexandre2937]

congratulations on the video, I really liked it, I have a PC similar to these settings, and I am thinking of making these modifications based on the videos on your channel. congratulations one more time. hi here from Brazil

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the video and demonstrating Macrium Reflect Free Edition. Best wishes.

[@jonathanleach3914]

Excellent. As always very good. Thank you

[@sunilkulkarni4426]

HI CHRISTOPHER!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO VERY MUCH.......

[@ExplainingComputers]

Great to hear! :)

[@LordmonkeyTRM]

@@ExplainingComputers Hear is right I heard him shout as I came in...

[@vijaykumar-ej9dq]

As long as what is conveyed is understood no need to complain as old fashioned or otherwise.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Mr Scissors! 😁 So it’s not just me who says stuff like that. This just came up in my recommendations with perfect timing. I’m busy upgrading a desktop right now.

[@boink800]

Mr. Scissors and Stanley the Knife, the two other guys who make up that criminal gang (Chris is the brains behind the whole operation).

[@lawrenceallwright7041]

@@boink800 Not forgetting Philip the Screwdriver.

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

I got hydraulic Jack out the back. He’ll lift anything not bolted down.

[@AnilArya51]

Can you show us how to upgrade laptop RAM, and is it okay to open a laptop under warranty to upgrade RAM? I would like to upgrade my Asus laptop with 4GB RAM to 16 as I see there is an option to upgrade.

[@lawrenceallwright7041]

I just noticed the link to a packet of Blu-Tack on Amazon in the overview, marked "Drive mounting alternative." 😂🤣 Talk about attention to detail !

[@Mearyeaurng]

Thank you very much for explaining how to replace the new drive. I am such a computer illiterate. Question concerning cloning- when I clone the hard drive will it affect the software serial numbers? In other words, since the SSD drive is new, will I need to re-install other software that I use with serial numbers. Here's my problem, some of the software that I bought only licensed to 1 computer.

[@ExplainingComputers]

The software serial numbers will not be affected, and there should be no need to reinstall anything. But this does assume that the cloned drive replaces the boot drive in the same PC. The software you have licensed to one computer will still be used on the same computer

[@BrentAgar]

Good to see Mr. Scissors making a guest appearance. Another great video thanks

[@CM_Burns]

I followed this process to upgrade my 11 year old laptop to an SSD which supports SATA 3. It now boots in a few seconds instead of almost 1 minute and runs fast like a brand new computer.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Result! There is nothing like an HDD to SSD upgrade.

[@arsaeterna4285]

The Macrium tutorial addressed questions I've had.. practically all my life about replacing a hard drive : )

[@zakapholiac9377]

Upgraded my 2015 HP ENVY laptop with a 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD and increased the RAM capacity from 4GB to 16GB and at double the MHZ/speed. Wow it’s almost like using a brand new laptop… almost. The CPU is showing its age, but for what I need it for, it’s perfect. Saved crazy money doing this instead of getting a new laptop

[@RoboNuggie]

Very nice, I love to see older hardware still being used and upgraded. Be careful with the Molex to Sata adapters... they can cause problems, I had one melt a few weeks ago, had been running perfect for a year, then decided to fail.

[@e1woqf]

That's the reason why I prefer to remove the Molex connectors and solder the corresponding wires together. Reduced complexity = higher reliability.

[@cleanycloth]

I've heard the best types of adapters if you /really/ need one is any cable that doesn't have moulded ends. If the cables are soldered on to push-fit tabs on both ends, you should be fine.

[@macinjosh2223]

Molex to SATA = Lose all your data

[@SupremeNerd]

@@macinjosh2223 never had that problem

[@macinjosh2223]

@@SupremeNerd The more expensive adapters are ok, but cheaper ones have a tendancy to melt

[@new-knowledge8040]

Definitely speeds thing up. With my 12 1/2 year old Lenovo ThinkCentre computer, and a 240G SSD, it takes 35 seconds to boot up with windows 10 Pro 21H1. Twenty seconds of the 35 seconds, is actually being used by the computers BIOS. Shut down takes 6 seconds. But most of all, despite being 12 1/2 years old, this computer can still handle Netflix and KZbin played at 1080 60 fps.

[@hermanwooster8944]

A wonderfully comprehensive guide on replacing the SSD. Quite nifty learning about the free software. Thanks!

[@joetkeshub]

Thank you! as instructive as pretty helpful. You save my day.

[@ExplainingComputers]

Great to hear!

[@vinyl.croatia]

25 minutes of video just for changing a boot drive? *I'll take it*

[@ExplainingComputers]

Well, I include a lot of detail! :)

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

But, EC, some of us need the detail you provide! That's why your videos on Sunday are eagerly anticipated! Thank you for all the help you provide.

[@Reziac]

@@ExplainingComputers And the nice thing about all that detail -- no beginner is going to go wrong for lack of a step that seems too obvious to explain to us old hands. Such as... plug in the cable. I have seen raw beginners who would have missed doing that, then wondered why it didn't work. Teaching is about making sure the student understands, and that you do very well. Tho now that I mention cables, I'm surprised you didn't note that they only fit one way! cuz yes, there are newbies who will miss that until it's pointed out.

[@lawrenceallwright7041]

@@ExplainingComputers And plenty of emphasis on checking that you are looking at the RIGHT DRIVE before wiping it. And then checking again. To use the old woodwork motto: measure it twice, then cut it just once.

[@joseph_donovan]

Hmm. That DiskPart bit was a bit scary and I had to watch that section from behind my sofa. I will have to watch your DiskPart video to get over my irrational fear of wiping my life story! Unpublished as yet!

[@richardpalmanteer9798]

I think following the steps he laid out you won't have any issues. Just be careful.

[@toni4729]

Well, you gave me a good laugh I have to say. I could just imagine you hiding behind a sofa🤣

[@mightress]

After watching part one and two i agree with you. The upgrade to maxx ram and a ssd and better grafics card made the pc (same motherboard as in your case) very capable for home use. Fast enough to surf the internet, do office work and watch youtube. Saved me a lot of money. The upgrade was cheaper than buying a new machine.

[@pnnytx]

No matter how old is your pc, but SSD is a mandatory.

[@ozmobozo]

Tell that to my win95 pc!

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

latitude d630 wants ssd to stay alive in 2021 now he show about the cloning and partions.

[@Wasmachineman]

@@ozmobozo That's nothing, I have a 80486 laptop with a SSD.

[@pnnytx]

@@ozmobozo actually old pcs that runs w95 only needs cf card since the computer limits the disk size. lexar 800x cf card is more than enough. Technically CF cards are SSDs but at the different form factor

[@volvo09]

I like to keep my old pentium and below computers equipped with hard drives. Yeah they're slower, but you don't get an authentic old computer experience without a clattering clunking hard drive!

[@RyeOnHam]

I can recommend Easeus Partition Master instead of the DOS tool. Works great. Few limitations. That's a part of my standard toolkit. I love the way you explain things here. I've been using Macrium Reflect for a while.

[@emdotrod]

Even at SATA II the SSD is still feel significantly faster than the hard drive.

[@geraldeh7291]

A good upgrade but always better to fresh install windows when you can. I like to do a fresh install after a few years of use and it always improves my system performance.

[@grieved183]

What a brilliant video. So clearly explained. So knowledgeable. This guy is very good. Thank you.

[@gamer9gamer992]

Great, informative and interesting video, thanks :)

[@PrinceAlberts]

I think Stanley “The Knife” is my favourite guest star on this channel.

[@jackgerberuae]

Stanley is NOT a guest. He is part of the Core Team!

[@canuckfixit7722]

2:45 I note that the motherboard may support Sata II but will not reach 300 Mb/s if the BIOS does not also support AHCI. Does this motherboard support AHCI? If so, enable that and ensure SATA II is also enabled in the BIOS then retest. Very fulsome video BTW! Kudos!

[@sharwinshreds]

i recently got an old pc and i was trying to upgrade it to its max perfomance.thank you sir for this video helped me a lot

[@ExplainingComputers]

No problem 👍

[@shaminmazumder9085]

Why does this video feel like those 2012 tutorials even though its 'modernizing' a pc from 2012

[@ExplainingComputers]

Because I am old school. :)

[@UltimateElectronicFun]

That case brought back memories of my primary schools PCs. Thanks for bringing back some memories! :)

[@williamBryan-k2e]

Through the years - I kept updating computers because I wanted more speed. I did not like the 'turn if on and go for coffee'. Or go to web site and it takes forever. So I have a few old computers around the house. Was keeping the old ones incase I need to reload an old version of solaris x86. Well, now I have done the updates to 4 core computers ( and I have not see the videos yet ). I have 3 AMD 4 core computers 1) fx-8300 and 2 amd athlon/phemon 4 core computers. I updated the cpu to approx faxest I coudl get for that MB and I upgraded ram. but the biggest diff was putting an ssd HD into the boxes. Note - they also run Linux not windoes. I mainly use the FX-8300 ( 8 core ) but hte other 2 are usable. so I will say that upgrading the older Hareware is a good idea. Unfortunately - I cannot bood from nvme's on the 3 boxes - and I have ( and not really tried ) the pci/nvme adapter ( PCIE card with m.2 slot ). but tried enough to say it will not boot. but with linux, there are alternatives ( such as efi/boot + data on ssd, and put swap/os on nvme ). that i think will give the biggest speed jump.

[@gregorypempleton269]

Just discovered your channel. Very informative and effective for someone who wants to update a 10 yr old PC.

[@davidwayne9982]

YEP- switched my old OPTIPLEX over to SSD a good while back- when it first started being a "thing". ha. LOVE IT-- My service here is slower than smoke of pooh... (it's 4 meg download speed on a GOOD day-- a constipated carrier pigeon would be faster).. so with the SSD and a few other things- mine is WAY faster than I'll need for a good while. The county is installing FIBER OPTICS soon (the cable is hanging coiled on the pole out here now ready to be instaled- and they're already advertising 100meg, 200meg and 500 meg.. which will be WONDERFUL-- (the price is actually going to be LESS than what I pay now for this snail paced crap I'm using..

[@SuperFredAZ]

You are a great teacher and I love the way you use old computers and get good performance without throwing out usable machine and making e-waste.

[@lylewilliams7716]

I upgraded an 15 year old Acer laptop core 2 duo, Win10 pro 64bit, from HDD to SSD (Crucial BX500). Diskmark Read 59, write 56. With SSD Read 278, write 257. Boot time 2 minutes plus, now 43 second s. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@quazim.u.ahmed.3908]

First of all I wanna give you many many thanks, this video is very important to me. God bless you & your family with your all surrounding people.

[@myakupozer]

Thank you for all your efforts. Very helpful very useful. Clean and simple.

[@jayrowe6473]

I just upgraded to an SSD Drive on my old Linux machine and it boots much more quickly. I got an old SSD from a work computer they were recycling and I'm glad I did!

[@sethrd999]

I updated my Lenovo T430 to SSD quite some time back, but more recently I upgraded the CPU and Memory along with a better heatsink/fan combo ( yeah this is Linux also ). I did have a question also with the clone and that is could you not use a bootable / live linux image and just do a raw dd from sdx to sdx from the win32 drive to the SSD then when booted use the windows partition tools to resize if required?.

[@Mathias-bz2kr]

@@sethrd999 i think that would be hard because the windows bootloader is looking for the drive before. On laptop i removed the windows partition but saved the files, regretted it, made a new windows partition with the same data, wouldn't boot. Maybe some recovery mode with install media ?

[@morbidmanatee5550]

SSD drives have gone down so much it is a viable option for all your machines

[@chrlmlln9018]

A very big THANK to you, dear, sir, for this very good and excellent tutorial on how to upgrade to a new faster SSD cloned disk! Wishing you both safety and health during these perilous times we are in globally! Best Regards from Sweden!

[@theejoeylee]

I have an "old" acer i3 7100U laptop that took 2-3 min to boot, it has a NVME m.2 slot but all i had was a Samsung 840 pro SSD laying around, so I cloned the drive & Now it boots in 12 seconds. Faster than my Ryzen 7 3700x system with NVME drives now!!

[@metroidkillah]

I just wanted to say thanks for this video as it helped clear up a misconception I had about SATA compatibility, and allowed me to finally upgrade my own PC's storage. The clear step-by-step was what I needed, and now my rig boots in literally half the time. So nice.

[@williamlau7179]

Great video, very educational. Similar old pc replaced HDD 320gb to Samsung Evo 860 ssd came with OEM cloning app. Took 1.5 hrs due to very slow HDD. So happy for a faster pc year but pc mb rip a few month ago. Now new rig.

[@williamhorton9763]

You know what would be doper than dope? EC live streams!

[@ExplainingComputers]

And these may begin later in 2021 . . .

[@christopherworkman6143]

Is there a way to clone an IDE/PATA hard drive to a SATA, for use in a different PC? Would it work if I clone it to a USB flash drive and then clone the flash drive to the SATA drive in the newer computer?

[@franklinpierce2854]

Chris, just terrific, in depth, thorough and easy to follow. Very nice job as usual. I have done this same thing on *many* notebooks and desktop PC's, and ALWAYS got a good result, well worth the time and effort. But I have never used Macrium Reflect. A new find for me !!! Thanks so much for this. Well Done !!!

[@elmahdielmahdi6895]

Great achievement ...BTW i have the same motherboard (Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L (rev 1.0)...:O)

[@saturno_tv]

Sunday’s EC video ok. Now it is time to Get Up. Thank you Chris for such a good stuff.

[@demented12]

Those SSD are awesome,I installed one in a 10 years old laptop and it powered up in 35 secconds from totally of(no sleep mode) to you tube in high def. Also,I didn't know that NAND tech was really old,like from the sixties.

[@robert4you]

Ah, great! Part two in this series. Love these "upgrade your old PC"-videos.

[@southernprojectsyt6340]

The SSD can be larger than the PCs capacity if you PARTITION the SSD and make it into several smaller drives within the same drive. Again its looking more like a blind person trying to lead the blind.

[@markli3889]

I literally paused the video, downloaded macrium reflect and ordered a SSD which will be here tomorrow. Fabulous

[@ExplainingComputers]

Wow! That is decisive action! :) Good luck with your SSD.

[@williamBryan-k2e]

One additional upgrade - easy one. the two screws that hold the side on - replace with tool-less screws. Funny thing, I have 2 ( or 3 ) of that exact case - one of my fav's.

[@wiggy6209]

I just have to say this is the best instructional video I’ve saw on KZbin. On my way to browse through your channel after watching this video. Thank you for being very thorough and not skipping the small details!!!

[@ExplainingComputers]

Wow, thanks!

[@macartancaughey9993]

Hey nice Video going to be changing my drives from a Samsung SSD 1tb to a M.2 NVMe 2tb drive that is installed on the mother board. Have got Macrium Reflect it came with the Samsung SSD also have Chrystal Disk which it free also thanks for the pointers they are very useful

[@dionkoffie]

Another tip that is useful if you have a boot SSD and storage HDD. You can change the location of the Download folder in Windows to the hard drive so the SSD won't be filled up so quickly.

[@HKey_Root]

Absolutely. Reduces wear on the OS SSD too. I raided an old laptop optical drive and added another SSD and made that the location of all the Windows library folders (Downloads, Documents, Pictures etc..)

[@weichih1]

Macrium failed on me a few times. I followed your suggestion to disconnect the internet. Noticed the Windows update then failed and Macrium also failed. So, I pause the Windows update by 7 days. Then Macrium ran successfully.