1 -Take advantage of our services to breathe new life into your older laptop.
While enthusiasts like myself go on silly chases after the latest and greatest hardware, most people using their laptops for everyday tasks like web browsing, office work, and Netflix can breathe easy. You don’t need the hottest, newest Intel or AMD chipset off the shelf. For instance, a 6th or 7th generation Intel Core i5 which is now coincidentally six or seven generations old paired with 8GB of RAM, can handle a multitude of tasks with decent battery life to boot. There’s just one vital ingredient it needs to do so – an SSD, and a decent one at that.
The Achilles’ heel of many ageing laptops isn’t their processors but the storage medium they house. It wasn’t until just a few years ago that manufacturers decided to stop skimping on costs by installing slow hard drives or, at best, tiny 128-256GB SSDs. If you craved more space, you’d be stuck with a sluggish 5400rpm 1TB hard drive that could drive you to the brink of frustration. They’re loud, and the fuller they get the slower they get. Transfers of small data files are downright painful. If your Windows laptop is testing your patience with slow boot times, lethargic app launches, or general sluggishness, upgrading to an SSD becomes a game-changer. It’s a complete computer revival.
However it’s not just speed, aging hard drives can cause far more serious data woes. Laptops, with their constant jostling, are more prone to hard drive failures than in other environments like a regular Desktop. If your laptop starts behaving erratically – struggles during boot-ups, incessant “system repairs,” or other oddities, especially ticking sounds – your precious data might be at risk and we recommend bringing it in immediately.
The mechanical hard drive, a 2.5” SSD, and an NVME SSD. for newer devices. You can expect your HDD laptop to receive a a 2.5” SSD, as it’s the same SATA interface and size, despite the flash being much smaller – as seen with the drive on the right. There’s not much more than that in the 2.5” SSD in the middle. NVME can be faster as they are PCIe as opposed to SATA, but can often be found at the same price, making them a compelling option if your laptop has an m.2 port in it. It’s common in newer laptops, but more unlikely the older the computer.
2 – Moving your Windows OS to the new SSD
The most daunting part of transitioning to an SSD, whether it’s for speed or data protection, is the data migration process. You don’t want just your files moved over; you want your entire digital ecosystem seamlessly transported – applications, login details, the works. Nobody wants to go through the hassle of a Windows reinstallation. Luckily, we’ve got you covered.
Bring your laptop to us, and we’ll perform a seamless hard drive-to-SSD transplant of your choice. Whether you bring your own SSD or let us acquire one for you, we’ll ensure a complete and flawless cloning process while meticulously verifying data integrity. Say goodbye to the old, sluggish ways, and embrace the lightning-fast future with your rejuvenated laptop.
We use specialised software and our own experience and knowledge to properly rebuild UEFI or Legacy boot partitions and operating system images, making sure the cloning process is as seamless as possible. If needed when switching computers, we will uninstall old system drivers and install the drivers of the new laptops. We always make sure the windows installation is as optimised as possible, regardless of the windows image we’re copying- and without any data corruption.
3 – Get a New PC and need a full Data transfer from one to the other?
As Microsoft, Google and Apple try to force cloud services and app suite subscriptions onto us like Google Drive, Adobe Suites, or Office 365, it can feel frustrating if you still like to own your software and have your own local copies of files. However when your software lives on your computer only, it can be difficult to transfer over all the apps, accounts, logins, settings and everything else that comes with it. Bring your old and new machines to us and by the time we’re done you won’t even be able to tell the difference. Everything pointed out above still applies to transferring over to a new computer.