althetrainer wrote: ↑ I have a sorta off topic question. My husband has an old Acer laptop (probably 7 years old) that still runs windows 7. He used it for less than a year but somehow lost his password so the laptop has been sitting in the basement since. I wonder if I can recover or bypass the password then put a ssd into that dinosaur... My Dell laptop died a week ago, I need a replacement but I want to take time to find something I really like. Until then, do you guys think it's practical to go through all the troubles to upgrade the old Acer to buy myself time?
I agree with "rabbit" and "charlesd79".
Don't underestimate that old Acer: once you put in a SSD inside, you will be surprised of what it can still do for you.
There's even a possibility that you might decide to use it to replace your Dell.
If it's the Windows password that is lost, there are "ways" of recovering it: Google "cracking windows password".
But it's not a beginner's level task. If there is nothing precious on the Acer it's not worth the time.
If I were you, I would buy the BX500 120 GB, put it in the Acer and install a fresh copy of Windows 7.
Windows 7 will probably even activate automatically since updating a hard drive is considered a minor change.
What's the model number of your Acer?