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In 1983, I worked for a UK fire suppression system manufacturer/installer. The idea was that the liquid or gas would flow through pipes and discharge through precisely calculated holes in the discharge nozzles. We used a very new IBM PC to calculate the gas and fluid flow rates (amongst other things) but we didn't have a license for the hole drill size software. As a result, we had to use the resources of the University of Leicester to do that work for us. The problem was the data transmission speed. We had to submit all the various pipe lengths and calculated diameters (including all the different fittings) to achieve the necessary flow rate. After about 30 minutes, or maybe longer, of data transmission, depending on the complexity of the system, the University computers acknowledged receipt, our fax modem would hang-up and the remote calculations began. We could then use the computer for other things! Given that at the time there were probably 4 or 5 companies using the University's facility, we might have to wait until the following day for the final drill sizes to come through. The computer would begin it's bird like chirruping and people would gather round to see the results printed out on that concertina paper off the IBM golfball printer! Happy days!

Installing an SSD is probably my favorite job to do for a client. Not only it's pretty easy to do, but you also know the client will be very satisfied. There is no word to describe how I feel when I boot the computer in front of the customer and the customer is like "Wow! I never seen that computer go that fast!!" :D

Remarkable to see 32 minutes of continuou video without edits. That in itself is a feat.

Honestly the first 6 minutes of this was gold. An amazing computing history lesson from someone who actually lived it

Here's a TIP: for anyone who wants to make ANY screw driver Magnetic! And it is really simple get a long piece of wire (14 or 16gauge) wrap it around the blade portion in a coil, about 6 to eight turns, take out to your car battery attach one end to Positive and BRIEFLY touch the other end to negative. And Yes you are going to get a pretty good sized spark, but do this 4 or 5 times, and then check to see how strong it is Magnetized. If you want it stronger continue sparking it, checking it again. And that is it, it will last for several months and you may have to do it again, but it works.

Speaking of a BBS, I was a joint-sysop on a BBS (Central Indiana) oh, so many years ago and we ran PCBoard 14.5a as well as Fido-Net email. Ahh, the days of batch files (learned a lot about them then!) Thanks for bringing up old memories. This was back before the INTERNET, kids!

It's so cool how entertaining Carey can make such a long process seem to entertaining!

Your opening statements about clients offering their whole kit when you pick it up is also my experience, and I tell them exactly the same thing that I only need the AC cables for the laptop, nothing else, and for the exact same reason. If I pick up a tower, i take nothing of their with me. I have all the spare parts but if I forget theirs back on the bench, i will be making an extra trip to retrieve it.

Carey, great video. I really appreciate that you take the time to explain things in detail. I've decided to buy a two-bay cloning device to do an HDD to SSD upgrade, but it was really great to watch you do this and listen to your step by step guidance. Thanks!

Carey, I really liked how you took your time to cover all the important stuff involved. BTW, I used Acronis Advanced version several years ago, both with servers and VMs, it was quite useful at least a couple of times when the mechanical HDs were damaged beyond repair.

I have a 6 year old Toshiba Satellite that had a mechanical HDD and I was considering an SSD and wondered how hard it was to install but then I saw this video first. I considered a Crucial SSD but I saw the reviews on Amazon and wasn't terribly impressed. Then I watched how you recommended Samsung SSDs and I saw they had better reviews on Amazon so I snapped it up when it was on sale last month, $109.99 for a 1TB SATA. I was also impressed by the Samsung Magician software featured in your videos. Installation couldn't be easier, the HDD was in a rubber caddy so I didn't need any tools. Now it fires up from power to desktop in about 15 seconds. Much faster! Thanks to your videos I also went with a new Corsair PSU in my 6 year old desktop because I see they stand behind all of their products with good service. I also got a GTX 1050ti and I'm loving the much better performance. Your videos have been great. Thank you from a 20 year A+ certified technician.

Just found your channel. This video brings back memories. I remember when I went from 14.4 to 56k. That was exciting.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Started building systems with DOS interfaces and 5.25 floppy's back in '88. Boy do I remember com/IRQ's. Great job with this video. Realistic method of presentation.

I remember my first modem. It had an acoustic coupler. You would dial the number and when the modem on the other end responded with it;s tones, then you would quickly place the phone handset into the rubber coupler that would hold the receiver in place. It was rated at 300kb.... It was pretty amazing for it's day. Imagine being able to communicate with another computer anywhere in the world?

Boy, those modems at the beginning were absolutely a trip down memory lane, Carey! Mission accomplished. I'm around your age, and I fondly remember all of these old hardware items and the frustrations that came with them sometimes. Yes, I say fondly remember frustrations. lmao. It wasn't such a fond experience back then, but looking back, the nostalgia is overwhelming. I miss the 90's.

I just battled my way through this upgrade. It cost $68 SSD; $38 RAM. I was too cheap to pay $30 for Acronis, so I downloaded MiniTool Partition free. It worked like a charm with no boot drive required. I have an HP Pavillion 17 notebook with 6 GB ram and an Intel Core i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00 GHz and a 700 GB 5400rpm drive. Circa 2015. Put in a SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD & an additional 8 GB ram (the old ram was 2 GB and 4 GB. I removed the 2 and kept the 4. This particular notebook was a bit of a bear to disassemble with several hidden screws. HD easy, but had to remove the MB to get at the RAM on the bottom side. When I got it back together, WOW, WOW, WOW. This thing runs like a scalded hog. I'm so pleased, the undertaker will have to wipe the permanent grin off my face. Thanks for inspiring me to undertake this upgrade. John

Carey = Bob Ross of computers.

I wish you were a lecturer in my university. You have skills and know how to be entertaining while giving us the info.

This guy is great,i am a computer technician too UK..it is good to see another tech doing a good job,he explains well and precise,good job Carey also i noticed Joust in the background...love that game.

Cool! I have the exact same laptop and finally upgraded it with a 500GB 850 EVO early this year, though instead of cloning the hard drive I did a clean install using backup CDs, and copied just the files I really needed to a USB as the original drive was so cluttered. MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT! My laptop actually feels PORTABLE again - I can just get it out, turn it on and boom it's ready. Same with shutting down. Best upgrade you can do, no question. Have to admit, it was quite weird watching this video, literally had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming about Carey upgrading my laptop...

Yes I remember the BBS days as I was a SysOp (System Operator) for one myself" K.L.C.C. BBS (WWIV based) in Southern California and the co-founder of TerraNet and the moderator of many many discussion boards :) LOADS of fun for sure.

New to Acronis and liked the video and the explanation. My history started with the Commodore VIC-20 and has evolved to the current versions. What a ride and what a difference in the computer systems. Thanks for the well done video!

I work for telecom company for a long time and I must agree with your verbal definition of busy signal. Good job :)

I have done this on two different desktop with old hardware, both has sata 2 & it's true a noticeable improvement. One had a memory limit of 4gb due to dell mobo...still a big improvement! Very well done video & great details / tips.

Thank you so much Carey for your fabulous channel and informative content. I've watched several of your videos and with the help of this one finally plucked up the courage to swap 2 old hdd's in my ageing PC (8 years old) for ssd's. The difference in performance is unbelievable! I may get another couple of years out of it now before upgrading the motherboard and CPU - which I understand is a much bigger job and will involve me swallowing another bravery pill!!! In the meantime, thank you again and keep posting more great videos!

I've been on the SSD bandwagon since 2009. I can't believe that 10 years later that mechanical hard drives are still standard fare.

When I did the SSD upgrade Crucial was extremely helpful with the connector, software and SSD drive. Their online support was on point and I will be using them again.

I installed an SSD on an old HP laptop with a fresh install of Ubuntu and it booted up in seconds where it used to take minutes. Definitely a great upgrade!

I remember being excited when we went from a 9600 to a 14,400 baud modem. Oh, that was before the Internet on BBS’s also.

Awesome memories! I still can't give up my landline. Something about it feels inherently more dependable - hard wired per say. I hope that younger people will appreciate how blessed they are that they have the sum of the humanity's knowledge at their finger tips. Back in the day, before the internet was a thing, when we needed to research something, we had to physically go to a library - we even felt lucky if we had a big library in the town where we lived. I wonder how many millennials know what a library is.

I do the same work as you do and I have to tell you that you are very good at explaining things. Great job.

You're so very good at explaining computers !

I love listening to Carey's voice

Carey, I'm only 10 min into this vid and I just realized how upfront you are...and a good teacher!! I have a 2016 Toshiba laptop and I'm going to see if I can switch to a SSD.

New to the channel but you had me at 56K. I am pushing 70 and have been involved with PCs since day 1. Matter of fact, I sold the very first IBM pc in BC, Canada. But, I think you are wasting your time trying to explain that technology today, they won't believe you anyway. When I look how far we have come and how fast we have traveled it still bakes my cookies. I'm really enjoying the channel, thank you.

I've watched a few of your videos so far and I must say, it is rather enjoyable watching you learn as you go along also! I suppose like anything else, the more you practice the better you get at it. Cheers.

What a nice friendly man who knows his stuff.

Hi Kerry, As a very young lad I had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ married to a VTX5000 modem and I could see Micronet 800 basically CFAX with a tilt but all good fun . Also had access to CPM machines I’m going back to the early 1980’s and then moved to MS-DOS again I enjoyed learning commands and how to write exe files with the copy con command or Edlin I still love DOS . Best wishes Alan B

Finally someone who actually knows what they are doing. Very good video! I think you should be a teacher. Your good at making info easy to understand and apply. Keep up the good work!

I used Samsung's Magician software when I went through this process on my laptop and it worked great. Obviously there's nothing wrong with Acronis and it's excellent if you're a tech like Carey, but anyone who wants a free option can use Magician no problem. Just wanted to add that advice for people on a tight budget. Great video Carey!

I had a 28.8 US Robotics Sportster modem back in the 90s. The case was white and resembled a kid's piano. It was connected to the COM port on the pc. It was the only one that worked well on my telephone line. Tried others like Zoltrix and they all had connection problems and intermittent hangups.

Nice! I actually have one of the old US Robotics 56k Modem somewhere in my attic.

Great video! Fun commentary and very informative. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I just find something about you really cool, and I very much appreciate the video. I'm not upgrading to an SSD, I'm just doing a fresh install of Windows on an old laptop I assumed was dead for 4 or 5 years. Started learning a bit more about computers over the years after making my own gaming rig--and out of the blue I decided to go back and try "fixing" my last laptop. I am actually thinking about cloning my gaming computers hard drive and upgrade to an ssd at some point, though! Thanks to your video I now know that hard drives have an expected life span. Already 5 years and some change on this one, so hopefully I can get to upgrading to an SSD real soon. Thanks again fro the video!

I've enjoyed every single second of your video, thanks for all the information and hints you gave!!!

very informative and easy to watch. so far the best video on going from a mechanical HD to a SSD...

I followed your video. It went well, EXCEPT I had no audio. After an exchange of emails, I allowed an Acronis tech access to my laptop. He took about 30 minutes to find and install a correct audio driver. Problem solved. BUT, I see Acronis recommends putting the SOURCE in the dock, and the new SSD in the computer before Cloning. Anyway, thanks to your video my Lenovo laptop is much faster with the 1T WD SSD. THANK YOU.

Love the video Carey.I have been looking at installing a SSD to my decktop, which has a 1TB mech. drive now. I haven't gone ahead because I wasn't sure how to transfer the data over without screwing my system up. This seems pretty easy and straight forward.

Cary, as you said once: "Destroying an old obsolete hard drive is worth the price of therapy alone..." So true. I took apart 2 obsolete 2.5 inch PATA laptop hard drives (each 40 GB) and an old 3.5 PATA 200GB Maxtor drive that was also old and laying around in my collection of obsolete spares. I now use the magnets from the 3.5 inch drive to magnetize my drivers.

LoL! Thanks for the trip down memory lane man! I know this video is 2 years old now but I just wanted to say, I enjoyed that. I've never been a real Computer Whiz or any kind of HAX0R but I've loved computers since I was a kid and my elementary school got it's first Macintosh 128k. I remember dialing up to Prodigy ISP with out 14.4k modem and playing games on monochrome screens. It was a huge advancement in tech when we got 54k modems. I used to dial AOL, connect and hang up if the prompt said anything less than 28.8 baud but crossing my fingers for the 33.4 connect. 😊

Very nicely done!! Definitely a worthwhile upgrade any day. Really nice that SSDs are less susceptible to physical shock than HDDs, which is great with a laptop.

i have a failing drive myself and was worried about my internet data cap when getting my games back on the new drive. but this just might save all that data i wasnt gonna move to external. thanks a ton for exposing me to this program.

Totally agree, huge improvement!

Awesome video man, super well done, explained every detail perfectly... I will keep watching your stuff... Well done!!!

I'm going to look into doing this with my laptop. Thanks Carey

An alternative to those storage docks is any external HDD case. Better if it supports USB C or 3.0. The cloning takes 10 or so minutes longer but it gets the job done the same. After its done, swap the HDD with the SSD, put the HDD in the external HDD case, and you've got a happy customer! :D

carey, you awesome. i just got a ssd today for my tower 1tb now after watching this video i am going to get one for my laptop also. thank you, love your videos, so very well explained.

+CareyHolzman Awesome video👍 The joust in the background is what caught my attention throughout the whole video!! Don't mine me just nerding out over here.

Did this to my Lenovo W530 the other day. Makes a world of difference. Battery still needs replacing though.

Great video. I just ordered one of the USB Hard Drive Dock from Amazon.

Always wanted to learn about cloning HD, thanks!

I've got a small army of ISA capable systems, but it's worth the learn if you've never done it, which I haven't.

Two long videos in one day? Yes please.

The IBM PC called for 4 serial ports (COM1 - COM4) at I/O port addresses 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8 and 0x2e8. The odd numbered serial ports (COM1 and COM3) are typically configured to use IRQ4 and the even numbered (COM2 and COM4) are typically configured to use IRQ3. It isn’t a problem for two serial ports to be configured this way (“sharing” an interrupt request line) as long as you aren’t trying to do interrupt driven I/O on both of them simultaneously. The USB standard finally killed off RS-232 serial devices around 2000.

Thanks Carey. I always learn something from your videos.

Can't fault this video Carey another grate video / guide...I have to give you the thumbs up you well earned it Dude.

I always learn so much on your videos, Carey! I'm happily working on an i5 machine in a Corsair 200R case (LOVE it!) that I was able to built myself because of your excellent How-To videos. Thanks a million!

I feel exactly like you. It is amazing how technology evolved and now most younger people do not really know how it was back in the day...I do not feel that old now watching this video...LOL.

The advantage of jumpers is that you can set them, and not need software running in the OS to keep track of the IRQ and Ports. Everything that runs on a computer uses resources, years ago I had a 12mhz 286 computer, and it was setup with zero wait states, and it ran faster than a 40 Mhz 486. Problem with USB versus RS232 serial is that the USB uses system resources and slows down your system. When anything is autoconfig, it slows things down... Meaning it is better to only access one device at a time, as two at the time takes more than 2 times the resources.

great info and greater delivery of it all

Very good video!!! Gonna get Acronis. Sometimes the "clone" option in Windows 10 doesnt work right.

Carey another great vid. Loved it. CHEERS

I remember upgrading to a 56K fax modem, and I felt like the king of the world. Most of those old components were obsolete long before they were worn out. I recently bought a 2tb Seagate sata drive that died in two weeks. The replacement was DOA. All my old drives from back in the day still work. But what are you gonna do today with a 500 MB hard drive. Back then it held Win98 with plenty of room for games and apps.

I agree 100 percent here! I upgraded my Asus laptop to a 1TB SSD, and there is a tremendous difference. I can't believe I waited this long. It's now as fluid as any Mac, costing much less.P.S. I've worked on computers for many years, and I've seen my fair share of legacy equipment also. I could write a book about it.

I did a dirt cheap refresh on a 2007 laptop using a no-name off brand SSD and some cheap second hand RAM. The thing's no ball of fire by modern standards, but with maxxed RAM and the SSD it is perfectly usable for usual web use etc. Windows 10 runs like a champ on it.

Oh boy, a good old ISA card. I sure remember those IRQ conflicts with other ISA cards and PCI cards. Drivers were also fun. Either they work or they crashed the system.

thanks Carey for another clearly explained and excellent video.

Another great video, Carey!!

This video brought back wonderful memories from the past for a 50 year old Swedish computer geek. 56K modem WOW!!! I only reached 28-35K (in my desktop from 1997) LOL

Carey, another great video...

Awesome video Carey

What a nice man CrazyHolzman is!

Thanks for the memories.. Those BB's were great.. I had the fax card $69.00 for the one card X 3 and three lines..

I built my 1st modem, 300 baud connected to a TRS-80 highly modified with 4 1.2meg disk drives.

thank you for this video. I am preparing to swap out my Alienware HDD to a samsung ssd. I am getting the acronis and the drive dock as well....it looks pretty straight forward. Again, thank you!!

Carey, You should find that 56K FAX modem and Mount it in a Shadow box and You'll have a COOL wall display, and Have a Brass plate mounted to the Glass or Wood saying what it is and Date and Cost of it...That would be SOOOO Cool ! ! ! !

Thank you so much really like what you show.

Great job and video like always

great video as always

Great video as always.

It's hard to believe that we used to get a lot of work done with only 64K. My first computer was a commodore. I finally upgraded to the 128K.

thank you very much for this video really nice job mate .

Carey, Hi,love your videos.

haha i remem when an external US Robotics dial up modem was a nice thing to have ... I also use Acronis but I only use the bootable disc from it...not the windows program. I made a video on it a few yrs back. Great program !

Way back in the 56K modem days, a friend of mine tried installing something called Shotgun. It was a dual 56K hookup. I don't believe he was ever able to get it to work properly. Those were the days.

Excellent video.

I hate when laptop manufacturer glue an aluminum protector on the hard drive instead of using a caddy

I remember having a 9600 modem then upgrading to a massive 14.4K. Even the change from bbs's to Netscape. It seems like simpler times, but it wasn't really when you think about all the different drivers, for mice, printers, sound cards, 3dfx cards if you were lucky, were they on the list, what's the closest driver to yours.

I was the NC (and network hub) in Fidonet in my area many years ago and the modem of choice was the USR modem! But the phone lines were so bad, it would usually fall back to 33.6k. We had copper lines, not like the fiber optics of today.

I love this channel!