It warms my heart to see a guy in his kitchen running a business and making use of his knowledge and skill. And helping others in the process. Nice video, well explained and demonstrated.

This is my number 1 favorite all time video on this channel. Carey explains step by step how to upgrade to an SSD drive which can save you hundreds. I just went down to my local computer repair shop and received a quote of $325.00 parts and labor to upgrade to a basic 128 gig SSD. This one procedure I can use for myself and anyone else in my family that could really utilize this service. Super impressed.

Just found this. You are a very good teacher. No short-cuts, no glossing over any errors - perfect . I will have a shot at this. Thank you from Byron Bay Australia. Agree with the below comment. Entertaining.

AMAZING instructional video. I just purchased a new HP laptop, with an SSD and i7 more other stuff too, but really because I wanted an HD screen, to replace my 6+ year old molasses i5 dell (which I can only use plugged in). This reminds me of years ago when I would work on my own machine. You have reinvigorated me to working on my dell to bring it back to life again. Thank you soo very much. I haven't enjoyed watching a computer repair-type video in quite some time. Also -- like you filming location, makes one feel 'right at home'!!!!! Again thanks so much.

Hey Carey I love watching your older videos - very clear and informative - My daughter had an old laptop that she was going to throw out and I did the same upgrade as you did here - we keep it as a spare upstairs just forbrowsing, watching videos and office stuff. Keep up the fantastic work and keep on rockin' Woodsie London, UK

thanks a million Carey ! been putting off 'ssd swop' for ages, for fear of failure, ha. Your detailed tutorship has given me the confidence. Your the man ! cheers

Even 3 years old and your videos have been quite helpful for me.

Hey Carey, this is Rick from SC and it is as Gary stated, "YOU ARE THE MAN". Just found you on KZfaq. Will be supporting you from this point on. I have seen no one with your ease of knowledge and ability. Keep up the GREAT work. Thanks

Watching this video in January 2021. Still love these "older" videos. I keep coming back to them when I need some info. Keep up the good work, Carey!

Love watching your videos because you are so thorough on your explanations about every single move.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world, I have followed this upgrade to the letter and I am very pleased with the results, I have 23 years of IT Engineering behind me but there were a couple of utils that you used that I had not come across so I am grateful to you for pointing them out to us, watch about 4 of your videos now and found your explanation of this and any procedure to be very slow and methodical, thank you, regards TJK UK.

These are the best PC tech videos I have ever encountered on KZfaq. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your expertise!

It was the best explanation about upgrading a laptop on KZfaq. Thanks a lot, sir! And greeting from Brazil! :D

Wow. Very well said and well done. Easy to understand. The best computer tech guru I have seen on KZfaq. Thanks Carey!

Thank you so very much for an excellent video. My hard disk read/write speeds went from in the 80's to the 500's and 400's. I had some issues with getting the bios to boot to the flash drive and at one point it would not even come up at all. Finally it somehow cleared itself up and all was fine. All in all, it all worked itself out and again I am very thankful to you again for a great video.

Thanks for sharing. I have been doing tech hardware support since 2012 and you have taught me some things I did not know. Keep up the good work.

I am continually amazed at how well you explain and answer questions that I have had for years...I very much appreciate what you do... Thank you...

Hello Carey, you sir have excellent teaching skills. I don’t think I’ll ever be at your skill level, however you’ve given me confidence to tackle some upgrades & some troubleshooting. Thank You, Sir. Your knowledge and confidence is something you should be proud of.

I was using your video on how to install dekstop pc back 2013 , now i mastered most of it. Thanks to you Carey. :)

Carey, what a great presentation! Even with medium knowledge of computers, I enjoyed watching! I work with the public selling computers, you have a great, simple to understand way of explaining, very informative! Nice job, I’m hooked!

Fantastic! Upgrading Monday after I receive the software. THANK YOU!!!

Very clear and concise tutorial. Truly helpful in maintaining and upgrading an older laptop. Thanks!

When I brought my Acer Predator Helios 300 laptop at the end of 2018, I was blown away at how fast Windows 10 boots with a 256GB m.2 soild state drive. I finally see why SSD's are becoming the new standard. Thanks to you Carey, I will be reviewing my laptop some time soon. It's also amazing that your channel grew 100k subs in 5 years. Keep up the good work Carey :-)

Excellent video, thank you so much. Nice and slow, comprehensive plus the great links as well. I have almost identical Lenovo laptop, just a few months older. About to do same upgrade with Samsung EVO SSD. Excited to try the upgrade with the aid of your video.

Thanks a ton Carey! KZfaq should have the possibility to give a thousand like for this video. Your video taught me how to optimize my old Lenovo Y510P laptop performance. My laptop was a nightmare since I updated it into Win 10. I was thinking to spend about 1000- 1500 Euros to get a new one. I followed what you said all the way to the end and all worked (other than a bit of change because of Acronis True Image). So, with below 200 euros (110 Euros for Samsung hard disk, 25 Euros for Acronis software, 10 Euros for Sabrent cable and 40 Euros for 8 GB Ram Kingston), I hope it works for another 2-3 years. I can't thank you enough Carey! One thing that took me about 6 hours was that Acronis True Image was not functioning as good as 2 years ago. There are lots of negative feedback regarding bad user experience on Amazon for version 2020. So I decided to buy 2019 version. The one I bought was also defective. I followed as you instructed here but unfortunately the .ISO file from their website was not functioning. I couldn't use the DVD as it couldn't be read by my laptop. I'm going to return the Acronis back to the vender. The solution that turn out to be working for me was that Sabrent cable comes with support of Acronis - on the box for Sabrent hard disk cable is written that Acronis True Image for Sabrent software is inclusive when one purchase this cable. In Sabrent website www.sabrent.com/downloads/ we can download it. At the time of using the software the Sabrent hard drive cable must be plugged into the laptop. The cloning can be run under Windows OS (I tried it on my Win 10). It took me about 1 hour to do the cloning job without need to wrestle with changing boot device under CMOS setting, etc.

Excellent guru. Very practical. The experienced people appreciate his procedure and give him a centum for the class.

Very helpful, and well-explained. Thanks for sharing.

the most thorough instructions on the internet. this guy is awesome.

I've done this procedure a thousand times myself... but it's always nice to see another professional run his steps and see/hear what sort of things he looks for. Very educational! Thank you! 👍👍

Had to find my way back here just to comment by saying thank you and tell you this was by far the best upgrade/repair video I have ever watched thank you

Excellent Video, thank you for taking the time to explain the steps one at a time - I ordered my first SSD drive, and plan to swap it in my desktop, using a Sata / IDE interface , Thanks

I installed a hybrid HD for my desktop thats 10 yrs old and what an improvement. SSD are still kind of expensive but I have a 120gb SSD on my intel i5 desktop and its fast.

Love those step by step instructions videos. Nothing is skipped or given for granted, perfectly clear explanations that anyone can understand. Thanks for putting these videos up Carey.

Enjoy your videos, really well clearly spoken and at times some humour, thank you and please keep making your quality videos

I already know everything he said in this video yet I still felt compelled to watch. Haha. I'm such a nerd.

Good explanation ! Well versed in the subject ! Very eloquent ! Great kitchen ! Overall rating 9.9 of 10 ! Thank you sir !

Hi Carey, I just wanted to say thank you for this video. I just finished upgrading my Alienware 18 with a Samsung EVO SSD 500GB and an additional 16 GB of RAM. I watched your video no less than 4 times before I attempted the upgrade. I followed your procedure and it went flawlessly. The only difference was with Acronis 2020 and Rufus. But it wasn't anything that I couldn't figure out. My Alienware has new life and, dare I say, is running faster than the day I got it.

A very informative video, well explained and WITHOUT the mistake many IT-people are making of going too fast through the various stages! MY COMPLIMENTS!!

Very good explanations. Not too fast or too slow. Just easy to follow. Your not selling anything, just trying to help your average Joe. Thanks for posting.

A great site to go to. He is easy to listen to and clear with what he does and says. Give him a 10!

Thanks to this video I was able to do this to my laptop yesterday. It was my first time ever trying to do anything like this.

I enjoyed watching your video. Even though I am quite knowledgeable with building PC's, I was intrigued by your video title because just last week I upgraded a laptop a friend gave me that he wasn't using and hadn't used in years. The "Trashed" laptop was an old HP G6-series (17" HD Screen) with an A6 cpu, that he claimed was too slow for him. I took it home, cleaned it up, replaced the HD with a San disk 250 GB SSD ($70 @ best buy), replaced the battery ($13 on Ebay), upgraded to Win 10 and upped the memory with an additional 4 GB of RAM. This made it speedy enough for me but I did this to give as a surprise gift for my mother-in-law, who was still using a cheap laptop she had for almost 10 years (she couldn't afford to replace it). Hers ran like a snail compared to my buddy's old laptop BEFORE my upgrades! Your customers may not want to spend the kind of money (pro tech repairs) it takes to do what I did, but for us knowledgeable people it can be quite worthwhile to do, for how little it will cost us to pay for the parts alone!

This guy is good. Explains every detail in a precise way. He would be a great teacher

It's almost 2020, and still an Awesome Video!

Excellent video. Very informative and well presented.

I was just checking some instruction videos on replacing backlit keyboards and somehow got stuck in watching some cool dude laying out concisely and ever so laid back how to upgrade your laptop. Something I have done over a dozen times in the past, including the image build for the SSD, and all I remember from those times, is heartburn and foaming mouth syndrome because I felt there was always something up with some unintended consequence I either overlooked or the manufacturer had dressed up more than it should have. How the hell do you stay so cool and collected?! Loved every minute of it, even though I could spell out every step ahead of time, glued to the screen due to your detached yet connected (you know?!) and in control manner in which you took us along for that ride. Subscribed!

Just watched this video and as my HDD in my Compaq has triggered the SMART I am beginning the process of trying to find the correct HDD or other drive to replace what I have. Great and informative video. Thanks.

I really like the way you clearly explain things. Thank you and well done.

I think you did a fabulous job of showing how to replace a harddrive and memory in a laptop. The detail you covered in this video was very professional and well done. Anyone wishing up get more speed out of their old machine would easily be able to follow your directions albeit this is now 2 yrs old. Your video was very clear and your speaking was very clear and you always looked at the camera when speaking. Well done and thank you.

I cannot thank you enough for these information given. Really appreciate.

Great video. Been doing this for years and do it the same way. I know there are free programs to use, but Acronis has 1) Never failed me and 2) The installed version (if bought by customer) allows them to have some piece of mind that comes with an auto-sync backup and recovery option.

The reason it wouldn't boot of the other USB socket might be because it was USB 3.0 (it's clearly blue as opposed to the other one) and some of the earlier devices with a USB 3.0 port need a driver to enable it which isn't loaded until the OS boots. So with older devices you might need to boot off a USB 2 port. These videos are excellent. This is exactly all the same stuff that I do/use (for my own kit) and I'm also picking up some tips a long the way on a tool/tip or two that I didn't know about. Nice that that laptop has all the upgradeable stuff behind just 3 screws. I wish all laptops were like this.

I thought this video would be the same as a few that I've seen before on KZfaq....but I was very glad I watched this one!.....I enjoyed it very much! Thanks for that.

Just goes to show you can teach an old dog new tricks.Thanks for the lessons.Very easy to follow.Great tutorials.

I enjoyed the video - I have been delaying changing to a SSD drive because of concerns over loss of my software. It appears very do-able and I'll be buying a drive and will be watching this as a guide for the upgrade. Thanks.

This is what I like good old fashion instructions with no bs 👍

Very well explained and presented, especially with the pre-checks and assessments.

just came across this video . After watching and hearing your speech with easy explanation you just gained another subscriber my man . nice job

Thanks for this. I switched to Mac in 2010, this was really helpful in letting me know which utilities work best for PC these days. I’m working on my mother-in-law’s ancient laptop on this cloudy Saturday afternoon. 😬

Carey, I watched your videos for several years, several years ago. Much of what I know, I've learned from you. In this particularl presentation I anticipated just about every step. And yet, I don't know *one other IT professional (and I know a few; that's how I too make a living) who can explain what they're doing, what needs to be done, as precisely and as eloquently as you. You should probably have mentioned that you were using the UEFI version of Acronis. That's not self-evident and perhaps needs to be explained. Still, great presentation. Thank you. I agree with Tim W. Thank you for your generosity. These videos are not just commercials. If they are, I certainly hope they work for you. But they're also just sharing and giving and spreading the word. Thank you for that. AJ

Many thanks for this tutorial. I really enjoyed it. Nice one boss.

Excellent video, Carey! I upgraded my Lenovo Z70/80 to a 1T SSD using a previous video you made. Cheers!

Absolutely a well thought out and executed process. Just like all your other videos. Now if I can just find a replacement battery for my Yoga 910-131KB laptop that actually works properly. Thanks for your wisdom and guidance.

Carey, you're amazing very good instructor. Clear step by step presentation and clear like a TV announcer. Like what you've suggested I ordered a Samsung SSD 250gb and a caddy for my current 1TB mechanical HD to be relocated on the optical bay. The only different was I downloaded a Free OAMEI backupper standard instead of buying Acronis. There would be a slightly difference in procedure in creating bootable disc and everything you have shown. Following the step by step procedure is easy but I might miss some options to check mark. Would you be able to add the same but instead of Acronis use Aomei backupper. The most complying reasons to use the later is it's free and most often than not it will be use once by most. The Acronis 2018 which cost you $30 is now $35 at Amazon for one laptop while the AOMEI free, no users limit.

Carey, you've got a voice for radio. Well done.

Just watched your video...AWSOME!!!! Installed my own 500gb crucial ssd with free Acronis. Boots fast. Thanks for the video!

great video covered a lot of things enjoyed learned . thank you Carey

Thanks, your awesome Carey..Been watching your vids for years 😊

Good job!,,very thorough and a clear presentation!,,,

wow! what a good video. learned a lot. I worked on towers the early days but havent opened one up in a while, thinking that laptops were more of a black box. thanks for instilling the confidence to work on laptops.

I liked this video Carey it was very clear and straight forward.

Simple, in plain English and to the point! Thanks.

Love your video. Well-explained. Most important and the most pleasant fact is that it contains no unwanted, irritating, high-volume background music as can be seen in 90% of the videos created by senselss new-gen video-makers. Thank God. Thank you so much for your excellent video explaining almost all important facts in a lucid manner. Expecting more such videos from you.

Excellent upgrade video. I'll be upgrading my Asus Mechanical drive and Memory now with an idea that it should work. Thanks Carey.

Great job Carey. Great knowledge and presentation.

Great job, Carey, of explaining details which others gloss over. I enjoyed your presentation!

Great! Thanks for this video. It realy whas that easy. Now my HP i5 laptop (2014) works realy super fast. It was worth the time spending on watching this video and do the work. Again thanks

Another very informative video from Carey --- Thank You

always nice to see you help us Thanks .Watching Now in March 2022 cos we always need this

Saved my a__ I watched this video. installed crystaldiskmark. laptop was going bad. backed up files followed your instructions . You are a great thanks

Now this fellow is a very excellent instructor/ Kudos for an exemplary piece of production and thanks for the in depth instruction youve provided

Carey my man! spreading the knowledge!

Thanks much for this video. It's a bit long but very detailed, so even an amateur can follow it.

You have a nice way of explaining and a nice voice

Thank you very much l appreciate taken time to explain how get most of laptop

I love all your explanation, work & opinion. Thank you sir.

Big thank you! Just moved on from HDD to new SSD and your steps made this a smooth and successful process!! I did not deviate from your method, again thank you!!

More grace!!! Thanks 🙏 so much for great knowledge!!!

I upgraded my dell vostro i3-2350 laptop with 8gb ram and ssd . remove cd drive and replace normal HDD with caddy to cd rom space . its just amazing !!!! i can handle 1Gb photoshop psd file very easy and my old 2nd gen laptop works super fast. its just amazing. Thank you for your tutorial .

This worked SO WELL! By putting Acrosis on a flash drive it takes all the risk out of creating an SSD clone. I've shut my laptop down the last few times just to watch it boot up! It is so fast, like I bought a NEW computer. I have a LARGE 3D program that used to take forever to load, now it's fast too!

Another excellent video as always. Thank you for your time and wonderful videos. Keep them coming.

Very, very, very good instructions! You're a top class instructor! Thanks!

Great video. I have been a fan of Acronis for years. It is the only backup method I trust. My laptop is a Lenovo G50-45 which has an AMD A6 (yea, I know what you said in the video). I recently increased my RAM from 4GB to 16GB, and your video inspired me to order a SSD to replace the existing HDD. I expect it to be delivered later today. I hope to get a big increase in speed. Thanks for the links to the utilities......

Hi, Carey, you show me how to do desktop my build Thank You, sir! I am glad you now teach Laptops!

excellent job Carey! Keep up a good instructional videos!!

Thanks professor CareyHolzman ! Great teaching tutorial on upgraded one's Laptop with a Samsung SSD , plus how to diagnose & install 8GB RAM memory ! This video is excellent in learning how to extend the life of a Laptop , while at the same time multiplying the performance levels up towards >> 2018/2019 standards !!! Scarboro

one of the most useful youtube videos on the internet

Very clear step by step demonstration. Thank you so much

Just watched this in 2019 Very well done. Great information Thanks!!

Excellent presentation. I will want to replace the battery in my HP Envy 17" laptop. Nice to have somewhere to go for instruction or advice.