Saving My 15 Yr Old Qosmio X505 Laptop

Описание: In today's video we try to save my dying Toshiba Qosmio X505. We go though the history of the system, replace the failing SSD, play around with it some, and upgrade to Windows 11. What more would you like to see done with this system?

BTW I was mistaken this was one of the last models of the first gen X505. They briefly made a second generation which was identical spec and case wise but ran Sandy Bridge CPUs I wanna upgrade it now lol

System Specs:
Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q896
CPU: Intel i7 740QM
RAM: 16GB 1333 DDR3 (2x 8GB)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 460M 1.5GB
Monitor: 1920x1080 LCD 18.4" (Yeah I know I said 19")
SSD: Samsung 870 EVO 1TB
HDD: Hitachi 1TB

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:16 History Of The System & Its Features/Drawbacks
12:22 Dad's X505... & More Drawbacks
14:32 The System
16:07 SSD Info
17:00 What's On The System
18:09 SSD Health Status
18:54 Temporarily Installing The New SSD For Transfer
22:47 Checking The New SSD
23:03 Formatting
23:56 Setting Up For Data Transfer
25:25 Starting Data Transfer
25:52 Data Transfer
28:10 Installing The New SSD & Comparison
29:50 First Boot Up
30:58 Testing The New SSD
31:11 Playing With Old Windows 8 Metro Apps
34:58 Checking New SSD Health & Performance
36:27 Internals Of The Old SSD
37:09 Installing Windows 11 24H2
39:27 Is That An Eye Lash?
40:37 First Reboot
42:33 It's Gonna Work!
42:41 It Didn't Work
43:55 Maybe 23H2 Will Work For Now?
45:17 Installing Windows 11 23H2
45:54 Success! First Boot Up
47:21 Look What I Found!
48:17 Installing VMWare
48:59 First Attempt To Boot Windows 10 Technical Preview
49:34 Second Attempt
51:07 Final Playing Around On The System
52:59 Wrap Up
57:29 Outro & End Credits


My Intro Music:
Hrutkay Mods Intro by Athlon
My Patreon Credit Music:
Mac OS X by Athlon
My Outro Music:
Trinitron by Athlon
https://athlon.bandcamp.com/

Direct Store Link: https://hrutkaymods.tech

Join this channel to get access to perks:
   / @hrutkaymods  

Like my Videos?
Want to help support them?
Please consider donating to my Patreon:   / hrutkaymods  
or Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/hrutkaymods
I have Facebook and Twitter pages too!
  / hrutkaymods  
  / hrutkay_mods