I have to say this was one of easiest videos to follow and helped me to understand the installation of the windows process without having to partition the drive. I almost threw out my favorite laptop but took a chance and bought a cheap $23.99 119 gb SSD and now it's better and faster than when I bought it.
I've had my Lenovo T530 since 2017,brought it used from a business. And she was running slow to the point i almost trash it. But i found your video, and new life is in my computer. Thank You so much for your easy to follow steps.
Absolutely perfect! Replaced a corrupted PC hard drive, made a windows 10 USB backup from my other laptop and installed them all.....the video was brilliant and my screen showed all the instructions you gave. Thank you....made my day not having to pay someone else to do it!!!!!
thank you, I did a SSD upgrade from a HDD in my then desktop some years back but forgot some of the steps. Time for another SSD upgrade now so your videos are just what I needed. Thanks again. Subbed n' Liked my man.
I just paid $318. to a tech to replace my hard drive with a 250 gb & re-install windows 10. This is a great video. I could have saved a fortune if I had found it first. Thank you.
I managed to change my failed hard disc to a SSD following your instruction. Your instructions are very clear and easy to following. This is the first time I've done this and it gives me confidence to upgrade my other laptop. Thanks so much. I've watched other videos on youtube on how to change hard disc, yours is the best, especially when you suggested we search for the service manual from the manufacturer as a guide. This really helps. Thanks so much. Keep making more of these videos on RUclips.
Thank you Dave, simple IT for dummies style RUclips videos (for me), Samsung All-in-one 500gb HDD just failed and I had no recovery disk/usb. Using this and the 'create media video' I have just got my PC back up and going with a 2TB drive. Great work buddy and I'd highly recommend your simple, easy to follow but detailed demos. Can't tell you how much this has helped at this difficult time with no shop repairs possible. Thank you.
I did it, I did it, I did it, so nerve wracking, but for 89 bucks I restored an 11 year old Samsung R580, from 120 Gig to a 500 Gig SSD, whew, now have space for files again. Thanks for the help
Hi Dave, many thanks for this video. I made a few searches on RUclips to replace my SSD drive with a new SSD drive. Finally it was your video it made it seamless and smooth to replace SSD and to install Windows 10. I now have a new laptop which works great! Thanks again. Just to let you know this is my first ever review on RUclips.
Dave, Here we are in November 2023 and I found your video! Thank you for the great tutorial to get me up and running again here in Pensacola, FL, USA! I did buy a 240GB SSD and then just now looking at my old, dead HHD, it is 500GB. Oh well! Your video got me up and running again! Cheers Mate!
Thanks a lot for the instructions. Just replaced hdd with ssd on my 10 year old laptop and the boot time has gone down from 4 mins to 40 secs!!! Keep up the good work.
A million thanks to you my guy, my computer was toast my dad said my hard drive was completely broken, my computer had a system32 error that I had been trying to fix on my own. I replaced my computer with a 1tb hard drive, it took all night but it worked! Thanks again :D
Doing an internship and I've never done a notebook before. This was spot on since I'll be doing HP n Dell. Thanks you gave me a good starting point, at least I won't look like a total newb.
Hey I used both this video and usb windows 10 video, both worked great. I upgraded my HP to ssd drive and ram and loaded windows. All easy thanks to ur videos
Thanks very much Dave. My hard drive failed on my laptop, I tried every recommended option in the troubleshooting menu, even tried some browsing in command prompt. Looks like the drive went bad. I was able to replace the hard drive with an SSD and reboot a new windows 10 from following your other video. Thanks a bunch for the guide
Huge thumbs up!! Watched this, and the video you made re: making at USB drive. Had a desktop that ground to a halt (literally couldn't sign in to it anymore) and this process (including buying Win 10 pro on ebay.ca for $8 cad!!!) worked flawlessly. Not sure if you can tell, but I am ON TOP OF THE WORLD after not having my PC running for more than 2 months now... THANK YOU for making these videos!!
My 4 year old HP Notebook is dying, but not dead yet. First, I tried a Windows recovery/reinstall. Took about 30 hours to download and install. Afterwards, there was no difference in the speed of my laptop. I ordered a new SSD for it and it's on the way. Poking around RUclips on the subject and found you :D I had to laugh at the estimated times you said it would take to install. You make is sound like it just took a couple hours to install, it took a couple days on my limping laptop. I sure hope it goes this smoothly, when the new drive comes. Thanks for the video.
I'm glad to say my laptop is running like a champ with the new hard drive. The new windows install took hours instead of days. My laptop was much simpler to change things once I got the back cover off. I did not have to remove the drive or detatch the keyboard. The memory and the hard drive were easily accessible from the underside after removing the back cover.
this is one of the best videos on setup!!!! I jhave a really old gen 1 Alienware that I want to change the hardrive from HDD to SSD and your videos are getting me on that path....thanks soo much
This is the only video that was able to help my change my previous hhd to ssd. Shuffled through endless videos that were dated and ended up behind paywalls. Thank you so much!!!
I am trying to upgrade my moms old laptop but i cant get into the bios as it was locked by the samsung dealership. I will add an additional 4GB memory (total 8GB) and a new 500 GB SSD. I will put in the 500 GB SSD into my desktop and install Windows 10 64bit then install the SSD back to the laptop. Then buy license. I did this on my laptop that had problems installing Windows 10 pro and it worked beautifully. The traditional method kept reverting the windows 10 to windows 10 home edition. This method completely wiped the old data and accepted a new windows installation. Thankfully windows is a bit forgiving.
I've been searching for this video where I can direct install windows into SSD by replacing the HDD. But everywhere, it's either HDD+SSD install or clone windows. Thank you.
It’s a great video but when I get to the point to choose drive it doesn’t list any. I have a new ho fx900 sad drive. I can’t get past this. It ask for driver. I went to hp and downloaded but still can’t get it to see the intel driver
Really wanted to say thanks. Ive searched up videos before when ive had other tech issues and the time they wouldnt exactly solve my problem but this time it was spot on. It's actually simple now in hindsight but still good video thank you
Brilliant! You really helped me. I was a little worried about Windows 10 asking me for my product key from before “the drop”. I read that it should remember it from the Bios/Motherboard. Thankfully, I did everything you said and Windows 10 remembered my key!🤗 Amazingly clear and precise video. Thank you.
I watched this and the companion video on how to download Windows onto a USB and they were excellent. I'm a complete novice and this saw me though the whole process. Thanks Dave. The only problem is that now I have no sound. If anyone reading this knows why installing a new SSD and Windows would completely stop the sound from working, do let me know!
Great video! When I got to the step of flipping the laptop over, I was pleasantly surprised that my Dell Inspiron 15-7559 had only a single screw to remove the entire back panel.
Hello, in case I would change my system HDD on my Acer 8943g laptop for a SSD, is there method to create a kind of ghost copy of it, so I don't have to reinstall all mys softwares ??? thanks for your clear videos
My computer randomly game me the "Remove disks or other Media. Press any key to restart" screen. I bought another harddrive and installed the Windows Media creation tool onto a USB from another computer. I installed windows but had to install it on a previous SSD as my Hard drive was not showing up. Now all my files and programs are gone an my harddrive is STILL not showing up. Is there any way to get any of that back? That is 2TB of important documents I can't afford to lose. I was watching youtube for all of ten minutes before I got that Remove disks screen. Came out of nowhere. Any help would be appreciated! Thank You!
Thank you so much. My laptop's hard drive recently died without any warning, and I lost a ton of information as a result (better remember to back things up next time). Anyway, in order to have it replaced, Best Buy was going to charge me $300 dollars packaged with a repair service that I wouldn't even need. After watching your video, repairs amounted to approximately $150 dollars.
Thankyou you r a real life saver.I have made window recovery using your prev video .And I have reinstalled my window 10 on new ssd ,even preinsralled ms office 2016 edition by watching some videos.Thanks a lot .
I have been looking for the solution for my hard drive disc which has been showing difficulty on starting up and I came up with the plan to change it but I don’t know how so this video is very clear on how to change it and I am thankful. Thank you so much and subscribed😅
So I just got a ssd for my laptop and I want to get a fresh windows in it . I don’t want that cloning etc hassle. So can I just remove my slow ass hdd and connect ssd and plug the usb windows installed in it?
First of all, you're AWESOME for freely sharing knowledge!! I have a bunch of laptops with no HD's in them and I kinda wanted to install linux. How much BS would I have to go through, or should I say, would Microsoft put me through to do this? Remember I'm starting with NO HD to clone or anything, so any of your expertise would be sincerely and truly appreciated, should you decide to share it. Either way, still thanks for what you've already done!!
Brilliant video..as a novice can you please advise me..I have changed the failed hhd in my HP notebook to new ssd, now do I first somehow need to partition it/allocate it a drive letter BEFORE installing a fresh Windows 10 or just go straight ahead and load Windows 10 first? Sorry but not sure which way to do this...
My hard drive did not fail. I want to upgrade. I need to save what I have and want to reinstall programs after upgrade. Do you have a vide showing this?
Hi Dave, I have a question. My HP Laptop is 17-f279ng. It´s very slow. Which is why I´ve bought a Crucial SATA-SSD 1TB. Do I have to back my data before replacing it? I, of course, don´t have any important data saved on my laptop, except a few APPs, which I can re-install after having replaced the SATA SSD. A reply would be highly appreciated.
I've done all the steps and after its installed and 'finishing up' it says the laptop needs to restart. After restarting I have to do the entire process again. How do I escape this loop? Upon startup my computer says primary battery 601 is operating at less than 25% capacity. Is this the problem ?
Thanks for the video, Dave! This has inspired me to replace the HDD on my 2010 Macbook Pro. It gave me a solid eight years, and I honestly think I can squeeze out another few with this solution. I've gotten so attached to the dang thing; would much rather go through the trouble of bringing it back to life than purchasing a new laptop. I know the process of installing the OS will be different so I will research it on my end, but any help will be appreciated!
Hi, I followed your other video to make a recovery disk usb which took 5 hours from a very very slow pc. Installed a crucial mx500 1tb into laptop which was easy but getting it to boot from usb is proving very difficult, was stuck in loop, going round on the same 3 screen and now recovering this pc??? Not sure what’s going on at all after it said windows hadn’t installed properly. Please advise??? Thanks
Update, was a corrupted file on pc that loaded to usb and wouldn’t load, bought an new windows package and loaded to ssd, better than brand new. Ps your videos are awesome, keep up the good work😀😀😀😃😃😀
my laptop would not update and also printer would not print. Eventually took it for repair and was told that hard disk is at fault for problem. I was able to use the laptop for emails ; however how could I detect if the hard disk is faulty. I paid 220 euros for the repair. Why could the virus tool not detect the problem also after spending 56 euros , which promised to fix prolbem based on error code. A liitle bit peeved but continue to learn and thankful for "help" videos as yours
Finally a video with an HP describing how to properly get to the HD in my case my PC has both an ssd and regular HD and only after a month the SSD failed and the regular HD is going strong THIS was extremely annoying since windows was installed on the failed ssd and i had to move it over to the HD for the pc to even work personally i have not been impressed with ssd lol tnx again for posting and if i ever get bored enough i will disassemble my pc and try to get that ssd working once again but im in no hurry.
Thank you for this video. This fixed my laptop after the tech had told me that the motherboard was fried and I should get a new pc. I didn't believe him.
@@sanketmanna8653 You can't activate it since it's an OEM meaning it came preinstalled by the manufacturer, you can either buy a new license or just use it without one as I'm planning to as it doesn't have any downsides besides a lack of customization
You answered my question i was having. So now i know i can just boot from my usb? drive. And it will be as if i had just got the laptop process wise. I seen so many videos of other people doing it from other pcs that i was losing hope. So now unless nothing else is going on with my laptop i can for sure do this myself. Saving this for future me.❤
how do I get my genuine windows back?? My laptop came with genuine windows and the HDD crashed real bad after 2 years. Got a new SSD installed but couldn't find a way to get the genuine windows back so currently using the pirated version. I wish to install windows again but don't know how I would be able to reactivate my licensed version of windows.
Thank you for the video. Truly informative and helpful. I need to change the HDD of my son's laptop, which was busted, with an SSD. I already have prepared the bootable USB stick I made from my tower PC. The only question I have is whether the laptop when loading the Windows 10 from the USB on the SSD will read the Windows 10 key from (I suppose) the BIOS automatically. That would save me from purchasing a new Windows license. Original Windows were loaded in the busted HDD. I do not know how to retrieve the license key from BIOS. Thanks again. Greetings from Athens, Greece.
@@dohmshah6164 I finally tried it, as I had no other option. It worked. I believe it read the windows key from the bios. It never bothered asking me. Everything went smooth. I cannot believe how fast the laptop is now. No comparison of with the previous hdd.
The way you created your USB tool in your previous video, doesn't it create any problem because of MBR or EFI file system or even Legacy or UEFI mode? Or is it just automatically detects the correct settings and boot accordingly?
Awesome video and maybe do a video on how to replace the dvd drive with a caddy that holds another hard drive so you can store large files and photos as well.
Great video! Thank you, Sir. We appreciate your input as well as your rendition of it. We are very much obliged and utterly grateful for your selfless contribution. Among many credits, you get a full set of Five Stars!
Thank you so much! I'm a 50 yo female, and am proud to have installed the SSD myself, thanks to your video. :)
Awesome work, enjoy the speed! Thanks :)
I don’t know why but this put a smile on my face
@@steventheelf5986 same
I did it myself too. Felt real good
Whats her age got to do with it ?.
Finally, Thank you! No gimmicky attitude or arrogance. Polite, pleasant, great instructor. Subbed.
0:44 that's the question I had to ask bro! I searched the entire internet and finally you answered it!!
I have to say this was one of easiest videos to follow and helped me to understand the installation of the windows process without having to partition the drive. I almost threw out my favorite laptop but took a chance and bought a cheap $23.99 119 gb SSD and now it's better and faster than when I bought it.
Worked like a charm! I saved $700 on a new computer by just purchasing a $50 SSD with 500GB. Thank you so much!
Thanks my guy, helped me replace a broken hdd with a new ssd. Video got it all covered, so it was a smooth experience for a tech newb like me :)!
You have a very underrated channel. Thanks a ton I changed my hdd with a sdd.
I've had my Lenovo T530 since 2017,brought it used from a business. And she was running slow to the point i almost trash it. But i found your video, and new life is in my computer. Thank You so much for your easy to follow steps.
Absolutely perfect! Replaced a corrupted PC hard drive, made a windows 10 USB backup from my other laptop and installed them all.....the video was brilliant and my screen showed all the instructions you gave. Thank you....made my day not having to pay someone else to do it!!!!!
thank you, I did a SSD upgrade from a HDD in my then desktop some years back but forgot some of the steps. Time for another SSD upgrade now so your videos are just what I needed. Thanks again. Subbed n' Liked my man.
64 year old 👵 n I've done it! Cheers, your info was a big help. I did the USB then followed your plonka proof info on this vid. Love you!
I just paid $318. to a tech to replace my hard drive with a 250 gb & re-install windows 10. This is a great video. I could have saved a fortune if I had found it first. Thank you.
I managed to change my failed hard disc to a SSD following your instruction. Your instructions are very clear and easy to following. This is the first time I've done this and it gives me confidence to upgrade my other laptop. Thanks so much. I've watched other videos on youtube on how to change hard disc, yours is the best, especially when you suggested we search for the service manual from the manufacturer as a guide. This really helps. Thanks so much. Keep making more of these videos on RUclips.
Do we have purchase new windows license or will the laptop automatically install Windows with the original license key
Thank you Dave, simple IT for dummies style RUclips videos (for me), Samsung All-in-one 500gb HDD just failed and I had no recovery disk/usb. Using this and the 'create media video' I have just got my PC back up and going with a 2TB drive.
Great work buddy and I'd highly recommend your simple, easy to follow but detailed demos. Can't tell you how much this has helped at this difficult time with no shop repairs possible.
Thank you.
I did it, I did it, I did it, so nerve wracking, but for 89 bucks I restored an 11 year old Samsung R580, from 120 Gig to a 500 Gig SSD, whew, now have space for files again. Thanks for the help
3:49
Also, you might want to press the power button for 3-5 secs to get rid of any electricity inside the computer from when it was last shut down.
Hi Dave, many thanks for this video. I made a few searches on RUclips to replace my SSD drive with a new SSD drive. Finally it was your video it made it seamless and smooth to replace SSD and to install Windows 10. I now have a new laptop which works great! Thanks again. Just to let you know this is my first ever review on RUclips.
5 years later and your video is extremely helpful. Thank you.
Dave, Here we are in November 2023 and I found your video! Thank you for the great tutorial to get me up and running again here in Pensacola, FL, USA! I did buy a 240GB SSD and then just now looking at my old, dead HHD, it is 500GB. Oh well! Your video got me up and running again! Cheers Mate!
Invaluable video, I rarely comment but will do when it's warranted.
Thanks a lot for the instructions. Just replaced hdd with ssd on my 10 year old laptop and the boot time has gone down from 4 mins to 40 secs!!! Keep up the good work.
A million thanks to you my guy, my computer was toast my dad said my hard drive was completely broken, my computer had a system32 error that I had been trying to fix on my own. I replaced my computer with a 1tb hard drive, it took all night but it worked! Thanks again :D
Doing an internship and I've never done a notebook before. This was spot on since I'll be doing HP n Dell. Thanks you gave me a good starting point, at least I won't look like a total newb.
Hey I used both this video and usb windows 10 video, both worked great. I upgraded my HP to ssd drive and ram and loaded windows. All easy thanks to ur videos
Thanks very much Dave. My hard drive failed on my laptop, I tried every recommended option in the troubleshooting menu, even tried some browsing in command prompt. Looks like the drive went bad. I was able to replace the hard drive with an SSD and reboot a new windows 10 from following your other video. Thanks a bunch for the guide
Huge thumbs up!! Watched this, and the video you made re: making at USB drive. Had a desktop that ground to a halt (literally couldn't sign in to it anymore) and this process (including buying Win 10 pro on ebay.ca for $8 cad!!!) worked flawlessly. Not sure if you can tell, but I am ON TOP OF THE WORLD after not having my PC running for more than 2 months now... THANK YOU for making these videos!!
Thanks from Texas Dave. Your simple explanations make these things not so daunting.
My 4 year old HP Notebook is dying, but not dead yet. First, I tried a Windows recovery/reinstall. Took about 30 hours to download and install. Afterwards, there was no difference in the speed of my laptop. I ordered a new SSD for it and it's on the way. Poking around RUclips on the subject and found you :D I had to laugh at the estimated times you said it would take to install. You make is sound like it just took a couple hours to install, it took a couple days on my limping laptop. I sure hope it goes this smoothly, when the new drive comes. Thanks for the video.
I'm glad to say my laptop is running like a champ with the new hard drive. The new windows install took hours instead of days. My laptop was much simpler to change things once I got the back cover off. I did not have to remove the drive or detatch the keyboard. The memory and the hard drive were easily accessible from the underside after removing the back cover.
By far this is the most accurate tutorial I've watched . Thanks a lot mate.
Awesome job! I installed a new ssd with new memory and followed these directions for an easy and flawless windows 10 installation. Thank you!
this is one of the best videos on setup!!!! I jhave a really old gen 1 Alienware that I want to change the hardrive from HDD to SSD and your videos are getting me on that path....thanks soo much
This is the only video that was able to help my change my previous hhd to ssd. Shuffled through endless videos that were dated and ended up behind paywalls. Thank you so much!!!
thanks so much Dave, the steps are straightforward and very helpful. I upgraded to SSD cos my HDD crashed. Now I have my laptop back.
Thanks Dave
I am trying to upgrade my moms old laptop but i cant get into the bios as it was locked by the samsung dealership. I will add an additional 4GB memory (total 8GB) and a new 500 GB SSD. I will put in the 500 GB SSD into my desktop and install Windows 10 64bit then install the SSD back to the laptop. Then buy license.
I did this on my laptop that had problems installing Windows 10 pro and it worked beautifully. The traditional method kept reverting the windows 10 to windows 10 home edition. This method completely wiped the old data and accepted a new windows installation. Thankfully windows is a bit forgiving.
I've been searching for this video where I can direct install windows into SSD by replacing the HDD. But everywhere, it's either HDD+SSD install or clone windows. Thank you.
Good Looking out Dave! I'm subscribing. You saved a perfectly good dell touchscreen laptop.
It’s a great video but when I get to the point to choose drive it doesn’t list any. I have a new ho fx900 sad drive. I can’t get past this. It ask for driver. I went to hp and downloaded but still can’t get it to see the intel driver
Hp fx900 sad drive. It sees it when running test. Should I try another sad drive?
Ssd drive
Excellent tutorial. You are calm and straight to the point! Thank you.
Great help this videos and the usd stick
Thanks all done in 50 minutes
And I don’t no what I doing
Thanks, this was what I needed: a concise and clear instruction for reviving my crashed SSD with a new installation of Win10.
Really wanted to say thanks. Ive searched up videos before when ive had other tech issues and the time they wouldnt exactly solve my problem but this time it was spot on. It's actually simple now in hindsight but still good video thank you
Brilliant! You really helped me. I was a little worried about Windows 10 asking me for my product key from before “the drop”. I read that it should remember it from the Bios/Motherboard. Thankfully, I did everything you said and Windows 10 remembered my key!🤗
Amazingly clear and precise video. Thank you.
how did you know it took it from the BIOS? it happened automatically after Windows started? I'm worried about mine as well...
This was perfect and will be a great help when I upgrade to an SSD - Job well done!
I watched this and the companion video on how to download Windows onto a USB and they were excellent. I'm a complete novice and this saw me though the whole process. Thanks Dave. The only problem is that now I have no sound. If anyone reading this knows why installing a new SSD and Windows would completely stop the sound from working, do let me know!
Great video! When I got to the step of flipping the laptop over, I was pleasantly surprised that my Dell Inspiron 15-7559 had only a single screw to remove the entire back panel.
Great, simple, straight forward to the point video. Cheers mate.👍🏼
Hello, in case I would change my system HDD on my Acer 8943g laptop for a SSD, is there method to create a kind of ghost copy of it, so I don't have to reinstall all mys softwares ??? thanks for your clear videos
Thank you so much. It was very easy to follow your instructions. Your explanation was very clear and right to the point.
Is it possible to do this if I don’t have a working pc to install windows?
My pc has a “your computer didn’t start correctly” eeror
If I wanted to fix my laptop and the. Wait for my graphics card to come in for my desktop and I wanted to put the ssd in my desktop will that work ?
My computer randomly game me the "Remove disks or other Media. Press any key to restart" screen. I bought another harddrive and installed the Windows Media creation tool onto a USB from another computer. I installed windows but had to install it on a previous SSD as my Hard drive was not showing up. Now all my files and programs are gone an my harddrive is STILL not showing up. Is there any way to get any of that back? That is 2TB of important documents I can't afford to lose. I was watching youtube for all of ten minutes before I got that Remove disks screen. Came out of nowhere. Any help would be appreciated! Thank You!
Thank you so much. My laptop's hard drive recently died without any warning, and I lost a ton of information as a result (better remember to back things up next time). Anyway, in order to have it replaced, Best Buy was going to charge me $300 dollars packaged with a repair service that I wouldn't even need. After watching your video, repairs amounted to approximately $150 dollars.
So wait did you connected t
Ur new ssd with ur desktop before or just put it in the laptop
Thankyou you r a real life saver.I have made window recovery using your prev video .And I have reinstalled my window 10 on new ssd ,even preinsralled ms office 2016 edition by watching some videos.Thanks a lot .
thx fam even a 13 year old like me can do it because of you
REALLYY,IT WORKS A LOT, THANKS BRO,saved my laptop,saved my bucks,saved energy
Can it resolve an auto off laptop if I upgrade my HDD to SSD? Thanks
I have been looking for the solution for my hard drive disc which has been showing difficulty on starting up and I came up with the plan to change it but I don’t know how so this video is very clear on how to change it and I am thankful. Thank you so much and subscribed😅
So I just got a ssd for my laptop and I want to get a fresh windows in it . I don’t want that cloning etc hassle. So can I just remove my slow ass hdd and connect ssd and plug the usb windows installed in it?
First of all, you're AWESOME for freely sharing knowledge!! I have a bunch of laptops with no HD's in them and I kinda wanted to install linux. How much BS would I have to go through, or should I say, would Microsoft put me through to do this? Remember I'm starting with NO HD to clone or anything, so any of your expertise would be sincerely and truly appreciated, should you decide to share it. Either way, still thanks for what you've already done!!
PS - www.manualslib.com/ is the BOMB for service manuals of ALL kinds of electronics ... FREE, if you don't use that site yet, you'll LOVE it I'm sure
Brilliant video..as a novice can you please advise me..I have changed the failed hhd in my HP notebook to new ssd, now do I first somehow need to partition it/allocate it a drive letter BEFORE installing a fresh Windows 10 or just go straight ahead and load Windows 10 first? Sorry but not sure which way to do this...
Can I install a new ssd harddisk and get an very fast bootup than old hardisk?
My hard drive did not fail. I want to upgrade. I need to save what I have and want to reinstall programs after upgrade. Do you have a vide showing this?
Excellent tutorial, as was the last one re How to create a windows 10 installation USB.
Many thanks.
No question. I just appreciate the help. Thanks, Dave.
Excellent Dave - very imformative .
Hi Dave, I have a question. My HP Laptop is 17-f279ng. It´s very slow. Which is why I´ve bought a Crucial SATA-SSD 1TB. Do I have to back my data before replacing it? I, of course, don´t have any important data saved on my laptop, except a few APPs, which I can re-install after having replaced the SATA SSD. A reply would be highly appreciated.
Thank you so much!
Do we need to buy Win 10 again after a disk crash?
thank you so much for this video. It was 100% accurate and exactly what I was looking for. I just subscribed to your channel. keep up the great work!
I've done all the steps and after its installed and 'finishing up' it says the laptop needs to restart. After restarting I have to do the entire process again. How do I escape this loop?
Upon startup my computer says primary battery 601 is operating at less than 25% capacity. Is this the problem ?
Extremely helpful! Just gave a bit more life to an older gaming laptop. Thank you!!!
This was perfect!! exactly what i needed to know, delivered clearly!! super work!!
Thanks, Could not have done it with out you. Clear and concise.
Thanks for the video, Dave! This has inspired me to replace the HDD on my 2010 Macbook Pro. It gave me a solid eight years, and I honestly think I can squeeze out another few with this solution. I've gotten so attached to the dang thing; would much rather go through the trouble of bringing it back to life than purchasing a new laptop.
I know the process of installing the OS will be different so I will research it on my end, but any help will be appreciated!
Hi, I followed your other video to make a recovery disk usb which took 5 hours from a very very slow pc.
Installed a crucial mx500 1tb into laptop which was easy but getting it to boot from usb is proving very difficult, was stuck in loop, going round on the same 3 screen and now recovering this pc???
Not sure what’s going on at all after it said windows hadn’t installed properly.
Please advise??? Thanks
Update, was a corrupted file on pc that loaded to usb and wouldn’t load, bought an new windows package and loaded to ssd, better than brand new.
Ps your videos are awesome, keep up the good work😀😀😀😃😃😀
I just did this for the first time. Very helpful. Well spoken clear instructions. Thank you
They come in different storage sizes, so you could use it as a chance to get a bigger c drive. They are more expensive than hard drives though.
my laptop would not update and also printer would not print.
Eventually took it for repair and was told that hard disk is at fault for problem.
I was able to use the laptop for emails ; however how could I detect if the hard disk is faulty.
I paid 220 euros for the repair. Why could the virus tool not detect the problem also after spending 56 euros , which promised to fix prolbem based on error code.
A liitle bit peeved but continue to learn and thankful for "help" videos as yours
where did you get windows 10 usb
This was perfect. And I spotted a spare ram slot when I was replacing my bricked HD. So it will be a memory upgrade next.
This helped immensely! You give concise and easy instructions!
Thanks heaps for the information, I have installed ssd in my laptop and it’s super fast now.👍👍
Finally a video with an HP describing how to properly get to the HD in my case my PC has both an ssd and regular HD and only after a month the SSD failed and the regular HD is going strong THIS was extremely annoying since windows was installed on the failed ssd and i had to move it over to the HD for the pc to even work personally i have not been impressed with ssd lol tnx again for posting and if i ever get bored enough i will disassemble my pc and try to get that ssd working once again but im in no hurry.
Thank you for this video. This fixed my laptop after the tech had told me that the motherboard was fried and I should get a new pc. I didn't believe him.
..to boot from this usb stick will a key no be needed....my legit ver w10 oem preinstalled came with no key no....how will i activate the OS?..TIA
Having same problem.....did you manage to solve it?
@@sanketmanna8653 You can't activate it since it's an OEM meaning it came preinstalled by the manufacturer, you can either buy a new license or just use it without one as I'm planning to as it doesn't have any downsides besides a lack of customization
You can buy a genuine OEM key on eBay for around $3.
This helped a ton! Simple and to the point, thank you!!!
You answered my question i was having. So now i know i can just boot from my usb? drive. And it will be as if i had just got the laptop process wise.
I seen so many videos of other people doing it from other pcs that i was losing hope. So now unless nothing else is going on with my laptop i can for sure do this myself. Saving this for future me.❤
Very good lesson vedio wow amaze
how do I get my genuine windows back?? My laptop came with genuine windows and the HDD crashed real bad after 2 years. Got a new SSD installed but couldn't find a way to get the genuine windows back so currently using the pirated version.
I wish to install windows again but don't know how I would be able to reactivate my licensed version of windows.
Thank you for the video. Truly informative and helpful. I need to change the HDD of my son's laptop, which was busted, with an SSD. I already have prepared the bootable USB stick I made from my tower PC. The only question I have is whether the laptop when loading the Windows 10 from the USB on the SSD will read the Windows 10 key from (I suppose) the BIOS automatically. That would save me from purchasing a new Windows license. Original Windows were loaded in the busted HDD. I do not know how to retrieve the license key from BIOS. Thanks again. Greetings from Athens, Greece.
I have same problem. I'm worry about the windows key-will my laptop read it automatically or do i need to buy new windows 10?
@@dohmshah6164 I finally tried it, as I had no other option. It worked. I believe it read the windows key from the bios. It never bothered asking me. Everything went smooth. I cannot believe how fast the laptop is now. No comparison of with the previous hdd.
@@chrscb wow. Good to hear all went well. thank you for your time!
brilliant video ,clear and to the point ,,full marks.
Thanks! Finally upgraded this 6 year old laptop. Can I upgrade RAM too?
Thank you so much for this simple video helped to solve all my problems, easy, simple, quick, well made, you have a huge thumbs up from me
Yeah, I just subscribed. This video helped me a lot. Thank you.
Thank you very much! Great video. My hard drive just failed so I am toying between iMac pro or the SSD
Will never buy HP again. Too many issues
Thank you for explaining the windows 10 install.
The way you created your USB tool in your previous video, doesn't it create any problem because of MBR or EFI file system or even Legacy or UEFI mode? Or is it just automatically detects the correct settings and boot accordingly?
Worked great! Thanks for a easy to follow video.
Awesome video and maybe do a video on how to replace the dvd drive with a caddy that holds another hard drive so you can store large files and photos as well.
Great video! Thank you, Sir. We appreciate your input as well as your rendition of it. We are very much obliged and utterly grateful for your selfless contribution. Among many credits, you get a full set of Five Stars!
No mention about format the new SSD prior installation?