Thanks for the helpful video. Watching this made it a lot easy to replace the HDD. My HDD had two foam padding strips on the top. I moved those over to the SSD, and it fits snugly in the jacket without the need for that sticky foil backing.
That sticker on the original hard drive is on there for one reason: cost savings. By the way, Toshiba says the RAM is "not user replaceable", but as you can see by this video, it is not soldered to the motherboard or anything. It can be replaced, but only up to an 8GB SINGLE SODIMM. Once you have the cover off the laptop, it's a cinch to replace both the HDD and the RAM. You could probably also upgrade to a blu-ray burner if you wanted to (although I believe that can be done without removing the back of the laptop at all: Just remove one screw, pull out the old one, and slide in the new one and replace the screw.)
Thanks for the informative video. I hope you get that tripod and also, review your work before publishing it. Some spots were so blurry as we cant see the details. Slow down. Please, i am not complaining, I am offering suggestions to improve. I was surprised by the battery screws and you gave me a heads up. Similarly, the snap in back would have been hard for me to guess, being afraid to break something. I am right now looking at ordering an SSD as the 4 core Pentium is plenty fast for me but the HD is a little slow so a perfect fix. One other thing I would have added was a litlle more discusion on how it worked over the next week and how you felt about the overall speed increase. Thanks for the video.
I have the same model computer, but a different battery size. The port seems to be stuck down and everything is loose, except for the smaller part right beneath the hard drive.
Great Video! Exact procedure for Toshiba C55t-B5140. Used SATA to USB and used Macrium Reflect Free Edition. Only sticking point was C: still reads old clone version and not new HDD info. How do I assign the new specs/drive? Otherwise hardware is spot on identical. Thanks for post.
I see the TB of new dive in Device Manager (Disk 0) but it's unallocated.I right click it but not sure how or where to allocate it to. Thanks for Relpy
Toshiba has the worst design ever! Just to remove a battery, you have to remove two screws. To replace a hard drive, you have to remove many. What a Joke! I've been fixing computers for over 35 years and I would never, again, NEVER (sorry for the caps), would buy or recommend anything Toshiba!
Thank you for making this video. I am upgrading a coworker's Toshiba C55 B5353, and it was great to be able to use your video as a guide.
Thanks for the helpful video. Watching this made it a lot easy to replace the HDD. My HDD had two foam padding strips on the top. I moved those over to the SSD, and it fits snugly in the jacket without the need for that sticky foil backing.
Thanks for the vid!! Not to many people make a video when fixing - upgrading their computers. The video helped me A LOT in fixing mine...Thanks again.
Great vid!! Thanks for posting!! This procedure is identical to Toshiba's latest release, the C55-C5240
Thanks so much for this video...I was able to change my hard drive with no problems at all.
glad it helped!
I used acronis true image. disk cloning software will only let you clone a smaller drive into a larger drive (last I checked).
I used acronis true image. disk cloning software will only let you clone a smaller drive into a larger drive (last I checked).
thanks for this. My HHD is almost dead and I need to relace it quick. Gonna do it with a SSD. So this is veeerryyy helpfull :)
That sticker on the original hard drive is on there for one reason: cost savings.
By the way, Toshiba says the RAM is "not user replaceable", but as you can see by this video, it is not soldered to the motherboard or anything. It can be replaced, but only up to an 8GB SINGLE SODIMM. Once you have the cover off the laptop, it's a cinch to replace both the HDD and the RAM. You could probably also upgrade to a blu-ray burner if you wanted to (although I believe that can be done without removing the back of the laptop at all: Just remove one screw, pull out the old one, and slide in the new one and replace the screw.)
JustWasted3HoursHere back up some ps3 games :D
Thank you for mentioning this. I've been looking all over for this info. thank you much!
Thanks for the informative video. I hope you get that tripod and also, review your work before publishing it. Some spots were so blurry as we cant see the details. Slow down. Please, i am not complaining, I am offering suggestions to improve. I was surprised by the battery screws and you gave me a heads up. Similarly, the snap in back would have been hard for me to guess, being afraid to break something. I am right now looking at ordering an SSD as the 4 core Pentium is plenty fast for me but the HD is a little slow so a perfect fix. One other thing I would have added was a litlle more discusion on how it worked over the next week and how you felt about the overall speed increase. Thanks for the video.
That was pretty awful, but man did I crack up with that cut in @ 19:15!
What a surprise that must have been for you!
Thx for the vid.
ares8686 I'm glad you got a laugh!
hey that anchor point if it breaks will the drive stop working? no right?
I have the same model computer, but a different battery size. The port seems to be stuck down and everything is loose, except for the smaller part right beneath the hard drive.
Great Video! Exact procedure for Toshiba C55t-B5140. Used SATA to USB and used Macrium Reflect Free Edition. Only sticking point was C: still reads old clone version and not new HDD info. How do I assign the new specs/drive? Otherwise hardware is spot on identical. Thanks for post.
what do you mean exactly by old clone version? like drive size?
I see the TB of new dive in Device Manager (Disk 0) but it's unallocated.I right click it but not sure how or where to allocate it to. Thanks for Relpy
sorry. meant to say Disk Management
Figured it out. Used Partition Assistant (free) and joined unallocated new memory to C:/ Restarted and Eazy Peazy. Thanks again for great Video
+Alex Diaz glad you got it all sorted out. I'll keep that program in mind.
Hi, how many GB of RAM can this laptop handle? It comes with 4 DDR3 12800s.
krasen krumov only 8 max bro
60 bucks for 120gb SSD?! Man we've came a long way.
my screen is stuck on rtc battery low blue screen i replace the battery it doesnt come out
Hi, do you still use this laptop to this day?
The family member I prepped this for still uses it but I don't think it sees heavy daily use
This laptop has no CMOS Battery. Luckily it can still function if the battery goes bad.
Informative but i feel fucking sea sick.
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Toshiba has the worst design ever! Just to remove a battery, you have to remove two screws. To replace a hard drive, you have to remove many. What a Joke! I've been fixing computers for over 35 years and I would never, again, NEVER (sorry for the caps), would buy or recommend anything Toshiba!