Slow to start up
A machine that took minutes to become usable usually reaches the desktop in seconds on an SSD.
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SSD and memory upgrades in Wakefield
The cheapest way to make an old computer feel new is almost never a new computer. Swapping a mechanical hard drive for an SSD is the single biggest difference you can make to a machine that has slowed to a crawl.
No charge if you decide not to go ahead.
If your computer takes two minutes to reach the desktop and the hard drive light is solid the whole time, it is not short of power. It is waiting on a disk designed around a spinning platter, and no amount of tidying up will fix that.
An SSD changes the feel of the whole machine: boot times, opening programs, switching between them. On laptops it also runs cooler and quieter and takes less battery, because there is nothing spinning.
What an upgrade actually fixes
Everything lags at once
If the disk is the bottleneck, every single thing waits on it. Removing that bottleneck fixes all of it together.
Not enough memory
Lots of browser tabs, or anything creative, and the machine starts using the disk as memory. More RAM stops that happening.
Out of space
Larger drive, and everything moves across so you are not starting again.
Noisy old drive
Whirring and clicking goes away entirely, because there are no moving parts.
Aging laptop, working fine otherwise
An SSD and a memory upgrade often buys years on a machine that is perfectly good apart from being slow.
Your files come with you
In most cases we can clone the existing drive, so Windows, your programs and your files arrive exactly as you left them and you carry on where you were.
Sometimes a fresh install is the better option, usually when the existing setup is part of the problem. We will tell you which we are recommending and why before we start.
Either way, back up anything you cannot lose first. That advice applies to any work on any computer, not just this.
STRAIGHTFORWARD FROM THE START
Tell us what you need
The make, the model, and what it is doing.
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Options and costs explained before work starts. No charge if you don’t go ahead.
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Your tech sorted, with the work explained.
Questions people ask
How much faster will it actually be?
For a machine still running a mechanical hard drive, the difference is dramatic rather than subtle, and it is most obvious in the things you do constantly: starting up, opening programs, switching between them.
Will I lose anything?
The usual approach copies everything across. Back up first regardless, because that is the only guarantee that exists.
How much memory do I need?
It depends entirely on what you do with it. Tell us what the machine is for and we will tell you what is worth spending and what is not.
Can any laptop be upgraded?
Most, but not all. Some newer machines have the memory soldered to the board and some use storage that is not removable. Tell us the model and we will check before you commit to anything.
Is it worth it on a very old machine?
Sometimes not, and we will say so. There is a point where you are putting good parts into a machine that will not take them any further.
Tell us what it is doing.
A message with the make, the model and the symptom is enough to start. Quotes are free and there is no charge if you decide against it. We are open 24 hours, so send it whenever suits you.