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How to give your laptop a second life - SSD, HDD, RAM, Fans (Udemy.com)

Upgrade to a Solid State Drive, add RAM, clean the fan, replace thermal paste, test your laptop. Remove a virus.

4.2
176 reviews

Created by: Marious Kuriata

Last updated January 2026

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What you will learn

  • Dismantle a Laptop Easily
  • Upgrade to a Solid State Drive in Minutes
  • Clone a Hard Drive Easily or Make a Back-up
  • Add and Replace RAM in your Device
  • Identify Basic Components Inside of a Laptop
  • Clean the Fan and Heatsink
  • Replace Thermal Compound
  • Upgrade BIOS
  • Check Sensors and Temperatures of CPU and HDD
  • Remove a Virus
  • Speed up your Laptop

How it compares

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  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 26% of them
  • Reviews176#142 of 296 by number of reviews
  • Length3.2 hoursshorter than 67% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 72% of them

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Course Description

Give your laptop a second life with this course! Is your laptop too slow? Overheating? Maybe you have a virus? Want to add some RAM or a brand new Solid State Drive (SSD)? This is a hands-on course focusing on both hardware and software aspects, showing you how to get started in these areas.


You've come to the right place. These high quality videos show you how to open a laptop, identify what's inside and upgrade it. Give your laptop a second life!


• How to dismantle a laptop easily
• Learn how to remove a hard drive and RAM
• Replace your old hard drive and add a new SSD
• Clone your old hard drive - no back up required
• Add RAM to your laptop
• Clean the fan
• Replace thermal compound on your cpu/gpu *
• Check the temperatures of your CPU, graphics card, and hard drive
• Test your laptop and make sure it is stable
• Update BIOS
• Check tips and applications to help you get rid of a virus or trojan
• Learn if it makes any sense to use a cooling pad
• A lot of tips and tricks


In over 3 hours of content, this course covers all the basics about hardware and software updates for your laptop. Learn how to open a laptop, replace the hard drive, and clean the fan. All lectures are recorded in Full HD showing you all details. I focus on Windows-based devices but there is a chapter dedicated to MacBooks as well (how to open, remove the disk, RAM, etc.). 

There are lectures for more advanced students (*) too. Tips, tricks, and applications you need to know! What are you waiting for? 

Give your laptop a second life. Join now!
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Instructor Details

Marious Kuriata

Hi, my name is Marious. I have been working in IT for 20 years (web design, networking, security, tutoring, management).

My courses/certifications: MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCP, Cisco CCNA, CCNP, CCNA Security, CCSP, Zyxel Security Professional,

Postgraduate studies in networking & security. A Master's Degree in Human Resources. 

20 years of experience in IT. This has included designing, troubleshooting and installing networks, Cisco routers, switches, access points and firewalls (ASA Firewalls, Aironet, VLANs, routing protocols RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, spanning tree, VPNs, Cyberoam, IPS/IDS, Riverbed), Previous experience includes Microsoft systems, IT Manager,  Technical Trainer (Cisco, Comptia, Microsoft) and Private Tutor. 

  CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate (2009) 

  CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional (2010) 

  CCNA_SEC Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (2012) 

  CCNA_ASA Cisco ASA Firewalls Specialist: Security and VPNs (2013) 

  CCSP (CCNP Sec) – Cisco Certified Security Specialist (2013) 

  ZCNP ZyXEL Certified Network Professional (2012) 

  MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (2011) 

  MCP Microsoft Certified Professional (Windows Server) (2009) 

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By Brian Tran on 9/5/2025

At first, I need professor wear a latex gloves for protect your hand and save the circut for electric shock. The second, I recomend that professor should have a tray to save nuts and color marking which nut you unscrew to be surely that you are not miss or wrong nuts after reassembly. Finally, I like all final or bonus lessions at the end

By Meezaangroup on 10/5/2023

I am say not good and not bad

By Joe Druggan on 3/23/2023

Used this course as wanted to upgrade a Lenovo Ideapad with more RAM and change to a SSD. I have had no experience with this type of work but after watching this course have upgraded the laptop - it now runs so fast that it starts up before I press the button lol. Thanks for the great content, explanation and knowledge.

By Zachary TenElshof on 11/24/2020

Well, knowing about the USB thing and how to figure out the RAM are both things that will be very helpful for me in the future.

By Polly w on 3/8/2020

yes, I had no experience looking inside a PC, so this explained everything for me to start and get familiar

By Williams Agyemang on 8/12/2019

very practical,step by step in-depth explanation is given. easy to follow even if you have no prior experience with laptops. good job!!!

By Aleksandra Dauksza on 5/20/2019

Another outstanding lecture! Thank you Mariusz for making my life easier I was about to throw my old laptop away but with your help I think I will keep it Many thanks!

By Maciej Zasada on 1/22/2019

Very helpful course. All the information was practical and easy to implement in real life. I enjoyed it a lot.

By PIOTR MAJEK on 1/13/2019

Wery helpful course.Marious transmits informations to the recipient in a very clear way. Very useful if you start to play with computers. I recommend it.

By Lee Keller on 11/5/2016

Subject matter presented is for those who are in need of very basic information, not for advanced users. Not enough information in reference to hardware issues such as monitor screen replacement, motherboard replacement, etc. For Windows users, material presented are very basic references to software tools that are mostly used for periodic maintenance procedures and upkeep. Instructor makes references to more information being available from Youtube sources, which is already well known by most computer users. I would not recommend this course to anyone above a beginning level of expertise.

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