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Originally Posted by tranquility
Ok, tx. I think I need to clarify something: I only have a few important Word files and just a bunch of photos I need to keep from my present HDD...I'll figure out how to back them up somehow, so it's not a big issue. If I am successful installing a SSD, I don't mind installing whatever software I need from the web onto my 'new' Win10 system, so I assume this means I don't need to do any cloning?
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If it's only word documents and photos...
A. I see how your old laptop lasted seven years
B. Yeah, cloning is just an extra step
C. A fresh install on a new SSD will probably make a world of difference to you running on this old laptop.
D. You could just consider a new "pad" device rather than a new laptop for this basic usage. If you prefer a laptop, so be it. But that old hardware will EVENTUALLY fail. Electrolytic capacitors eventually go bad, and some part of the motherboard will eventually fail. They just do. You will need to upgrade the hardware sometime.
Shawn