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hugo7
I want to upgrade my old laptop which used to be my folks and have some questions.

I want to:
1. change the HDD to SSD,
2. increase the RAM,
3. Update the graphics card software (which I seem to struggle installing driver updates for - it's got two, idk if that's normal)
4. Fresh install of everything - W10 with Ubuntu dual boot
Questions:
A. If I keep the old HDD can it just be popped back in anytime in the possible but rare situation my folks need something from it, or even better can I keep it in one of those caddies and boot from it if I hit esc or whatever on startup

B. Is there a particular order I should do everything? Ram > SSD > graphics software

C. Is there anything else I need to think about?

Cheers.

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aggi in reply to @hugo7

I guess the first question is whether it's actually worth it? Modern laptop processors are far more efficient so much cheaper to run/much better battery life. Also better screens pretty often. What laptop is it?

You should be able to boot up from it if you put it back in. Only issue may be Windows licensing throwing up issues if you use the same key for your new install.

Booting from one of those caddies will probably fail. Personally I'd clone the hard drive and run it in a virtual machine if you ever need anything from it.
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chez_jay in reply to @hugo7

change the SSD to HD

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