HP Laptop survived the war in Ukraine and saved my friends life. Now I need to save it's life. 

I wanted to keep this under 8 minutes so you wouldn't get with mid-roll ads as I didn't feel it appropriate given the subject matter. I apologize for completely forgetting to record some parts like the Diskpart process, taking out the fans, removing the paste, and taking the bottom cover off, but you can just check out my DIY laptop cleaning video to see most of that. I might have nearly 650k subs but I'm still just 1 guy with a phone juggling all this social media stuff and running a busy repair shop full-time, so my production quality is not quite there yet 😅 I do truly appreciate each and every one of you, and I hope my videos help make your day better and maybe motivate you to do something nice for someone you know, or don't know.

Bro went from the "greatest technician that's ever lived" to "greatest friend that's ever lived". Salute to you my brother

That laptop deserves a medal for saving that beautiful mans life

My buddy, who's on disability, was having random crashes. We walked him though a few quick fixes (reseat ram, check power connectors, ECT) all to no avail. My dad had just built a new PC, so I told him about my buddy's PC problems, and asked how much he would want for it. My dad ended up giving it to him free of charge, I helped him move his old SSDs, and I got him a WIFI card.

this is such a deep story for a laptop. Im blown away.

Since i myself from Ukraine, this really touched me. I can't leave country so i just scroll funny videos on RU-vid. And man, your videos are really helped me, with both laughs and tech part. Was able to clean up abd fix my parents laptop 😁 The truest best technician that ever lived!😊

Donating to see if you can read this! Man, I love your videos, I love your work and your humor. I really want to be like you when I grow up, that's simply my dream. Again, thanks, and please please please upload more videos, this one made me cry.

Keep paying it forward! Thank you for everything you do.

The purest technician that's ever lived

3:33 Btw, windows ALWAYS does this, order is: - 260 MB UEFI partition (was 100 MB or less for older systems or Win 10 32 bit) - 16 MB reserved partition (invisible to disk management but can be seen in diskpart) - Main partition (C drive) - Arbitrarily sized Recovery partition (can be from 250 MB minimum to even 1 GB or more) So if you clone the drive to a bigger one, the new partition will always be a 5th partition after the recovery one. Oh and btw, if you update windows and for some reason the new recovery wim file is bigger than around 100-110 mb less than the recovery partition size, windows will shrink the C partition putting a bigger second recovery partition to the left of the older one, WITHOUT deleting the older one. It can do this several times in a row. I have an old disk with four recovery partitions lmao. edit: there's actually a way to do the resize process way faster than how you did. All you had to do was to disable the recovery partition with cmd so it moves the wim file into C:\windows ecovery, then you can delete the recovery partition in DISKPART, and resize freely the C and D drive, then you can recreate a new recovery partition, set GPT attributes to it, and exit diskpart. Then you can re enable the recovery with cmd so the wim file is moved back to the partition instead of being in the C drive.

Pro tip: If you need to extend or move partitions, GParted is your go-to tool. While it's a Linux application, it's included in most live distros, so you can simply boot from a USB drive and let GParted work its magic. (I don't know if it affects Bitlocked devices, but non bitlocked works perfectly)

Nothing wrong with doing a solid for a friend, and with that kind of story, it makes it even more heartwarming.

Well done for helping refugees. They leave their homeland with a backpack and not much else. They lose everything so to help him with his machine was a class act! I salute you Sir!

For the partitioning - I use AOMEI Partition Assistant to move and resize partitions when I have to and it works great, it's a lot less tedious than manually doing it.

The greatest technician that's ever lived. No, really, I *absolutely* admire your job and your humor, I honestly want to be like you when I grow up (having a repair shop and being the second greatest technician that's ever lived). Thanks for uploading these videos, they've honestly been my favorite entertainment for over a month now!

While I can't get enough of the gags you do, they're always a highlight of my day, this case is one of the reasons why you're not only a heccin' real one, you truly are *THE GREATEST TECHNICIAN THAT'S EVER LIVED.*

I gotta appreciate the legend that you are. You make funny videos, willing to help your own friends out and even call out the inevitable haters and beggars with 0 remorse yet still believe there is good in the world. There's a difference between saving a life like I do as a firefighter and making a life better like you did for your friend, i like what you do more as you're not someones worst day like we are. Keep it up and glad to have someone like you on this planet.

Besides that he always roasted us in every video, he's actually the Kindest person that's ever lived

As a Ukrainian that was in one of the most dangerous parts in the war, respect to you THE GREATEST TECHNICIAN THAT HAS EVER LIVED

Thanks! Keep it up.

You're a good man, ngl I aspire to be a person like you

Gotta give props to the greatest technician that's ever lived, you manage to make me laugh even when I am going through shit. Keep doing these

3:17 Ayo 🧐

Working and recording is tough. I'm surprised maybe only you two or just you, make the videos. You're alr busy with something, he's alr busy with something...

The Ukrainians I've talked to are some of the toughest people I've ever met. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

RU-vid needs to start a love option with the like button, cuz liking this isn't enough, you're a really good and funny dude!

I am an Indian, but I have a Ukrainian friend from Lviv, which we both work together for my channel (died). We both met on Discord and shared similar interest on Railroads and Aviation, and Politics of course. Prior to what happened in Ukraine because of Russian government's plan to invade them, I got a frantic message a week after the invasion. Of course, seeing he's in Lviv and trying to find a place to stay safe. I gave him some waypoints to some bunkers and also the closest point to go to the Moldovan-Ukrainian Border. Few days later, I got his update where he made it out to Moldova and has plans to go to Amsterdam. We still discuss every so often, due to our personal lives. Salem, this act is very phenomenal from you, helping your friend out even if it means you wouldn't grt any money for it. Thank you for showing everyone, and also. *The Greatest Technician That Ever Lived.*

Its good people like you that make this world more tolerable....thank you for your extremely gracious work you do for those that are deserving of it like your friend...I have also given laptops that I upgraded to those in need of one and I get great joy in knowing that the laptop is in better hands instead of withering away in a drawer...I hope the New Year brings you increased business and keep on crankin out those shorts as well as these videos

BALLS

And thats why he is THE GREATEST TECHNICIAN THAT EVER LIVED

As a ukrainian whos had it relatively easy in this war and managed to escape quite quickly, I honestly don't know what I would have done in that situation if I was that guy, I can't imagine sitting in (what I presume was a dirty and unkept 'bomb shelter' which is most likely just an old basement) for 3 weeks and still be able to plan all of that.. I was 14 when the war started though, and am now almost 16

Na bro you doing something for a friend that has been through a lot. That's respectable in every way

I've had a Pavilion Gaming before with very similar internals, and yes, they're pretty much only good as powerbanks They terribly overheat any my Ryzen edition was locked at... 15W. But Ryzen Controller was no help because, uh... it was running at 95 Celcius already 😂😂😂 new paste no dust Oh yeah and the original NVMe inside (which looked exactly like in the video) would run hotter than the surface of the sun

3:20 brooooooo 😂😂😂

With your "greatest technition" photo what is the box with the f word on the top left?

I barely comment on any of your content *which is btw awesome AF* But this video is different. It isn't only entertaining and educational, but also humane . And I loved what you said about helping the others... because even when it sounds basic....it is rare in today's world unfortunately. Keep doin the good work and stay a real human ! 😊

No Shit; that is the same exact pc i have. It has been a great computer in the 3 ish years i have had it.

We need more people like you, with raccoon like fingers & the greatest technician that's ever lived

Hey man, appreciate your work and videos about it, i just watched (accodentaly for like 3rd time) your video about changing HDD for NVME in DELL Lattitude, but just vant figure out how you did that, can you do a tutorial for this? If you do, thanks, if you dont, keep on with this crazy stuff.

I find your vids insightful and relaxing. Thanks for existing!😁

Over my many years of family members owning HPs, they're good with features, but absolutely horrible with their quality control.

There's no "politics aside" in this situation. Ukraine is a victim. Russia is an aggressive invader, those are the facts.

bro is saying words that make me feel slow as hell..

The little help one can offer can make a turning point for another person. Well done salem

El Mejor Técnico Que Ha Vivido

8 months late, but what the hell. Ex repair shop owner here. I worked in a town with a small college. We would often get transfer students that barely had US currency, barely good enough English, and barely good enough laptops. One of these individuals I helped had an HP x360 or something like that. The hinges were totally blown out, the screen was hanging by it's cable and the entire chassis was bowed in like a C pointed in your direction. After taking it apart, fixing the hinges was not a viable task. I had to order a replacement top cover as all of the plastic was either gone or cracked. After getting the top case, I reassembled the laptop, moving all the parts over to the new top case. Screwing in the screen, I get everything reassembled. I replace the rubber feet and give the entire laptop a wipe down, and it's good to go. I show up to the college later that day, and he isn't able to pay due to having a certain currency. I asked him if he had other payment methods, he said no. I'd like to think I wasn't taken advantage of and just helped a kid in need, so I just gave it to him and said, "it's on me, I've been there. If there's any issues with it, let me know!" He was shocked. Pretty happy I was able to help someone during my computer repair journey.

to those 12 people who disliked this, how sadistic are you to go as low as to dislike a video like this anyway GREAT video and the story is heartwarming and have a great day

2:13 that’s when I delete my Norton back up Drive when my computer is at 400 MB

The Greatest Laptop that ever lived ( it's a hero)

Let's keep helping salem by watching these videos, he lost some money buying that new drive.

3:47: The saddest technician that's ever lived 😢

This is truly 'The greatest H.P laptop ever lived', survived to tell the tale of saving the life of a person and then being repaired by 'The greatest technician that's ever lived'

Respect my man it’s inspiring what you do ❤

Love your videos from Ukraine) Regarding moving partitions on disk, there is nice tool, called AOMEI partitioner. Thought if that's doesn't work, your way is only solution. Though I would prefer clear installation with only user data copied, though apps will be lost

Love to see the greatest technician in action keep up

the greatest lifesaver thats ever lived

This damn war, so much ppl suffer from it. And russians suffer as much as ukrainians do. Myself I'm have to stay in France illegally cause I don't want to return to Russia and fight agains ukraine. Well, I think it's officially my favourite tech youtube channel now 😁

the greatest technician that ever lived saving lives

For the partition problem, you could have used gparted, it's the best partitioning software out there, it can do basically anything, including moving that weird partition layout around without copying all the data to another drive and putting it back on a new partition

That partition arrangement does look like some nonsense. I can't remember what I used when I upgraded my laptop(also an HP coincidentally. it was cheap but it's surprisingly decent for something that doesn't even rate the Pavillion name) storage, but it let me move the recovery partition ot the end and extend the C drive. Though I look forward to the end of my CS program so I can just nuke Windows and throw Linux on there

The GREATEST technician that's ever lived

Who separates one disk to 2 partitions? It actually has no benefits, because modern windows now saves data after reinstall, and if a disk dies everything will get corrupted anyway People dislike HDDs, but where would you put some heavy shit like warzone or home videos

I just wanna say jokes aside bro can be wholesome sometimes and he actually made my day but not by laughing but making my heart whole again

Sir how did you learn this assemble things & technical knowledge?

A request to the greatest technician is why my laptop all ways go automatically go in f11system recovery mode when I click the power button for start the laptop and then if I click on next it loop again in the same blue screen page .what could be the problem

Louis rossman sent me from his community post. Great work! Will sub :)

I have exactly that same laptop. How the fuck do I open the case to access the heatsink? Even if I unscrew all of the case's screws it doesn't come off. Pls help 🙏

Swamp gooch from the opposite side of the earth. I'd be tempted to put it in a little jar, label it, and put it on a shelf lol. If anything, for sentimental value.

I didn't understand a word you said about any of the electronic stuff but your voice and jokes are entertaining enough that my melting monkey brain has decided to subscribe.

Wow. Thank you for saving a life saver... Also the fact that u keep abusing me and I laugh about it is very hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

I have gaming laptop HP pavilion 15... And this somehow touched me

I'm just random Ukrainian who got this video in recommendation 😅

i have the same model of laptop in the video, may I ask about the cable that tape to the GPU heat sink. when the first time I open the heat sink to reapply the thermal paste I accidentally rip the siverr thing below the tape of the cable, what does it do BCS I don't see any problem show up on the laptop but I ask just to make sure

Don't argue with stupid people. I saw this video in short form and I saw stupid comments on there. Don't give any attention to those people.

Nice works. I am a system administrator. I appreciate how you save all these old computers.

mmmm cant wait to see the "hey i also struggle so much i almost choked on my 8th big mac today can i have free 2tb ssd and thermal paste" yes i know this video came out awhile ago

1:00 NVM Express nvm...

Not bad, and huge congrats for being able to do this free of charge to the customer. Sadly, the Russia/Ukraine war has been devastating in many ways, so I'm glad you were ale to help out! As for the laptop itself, it looks decent, although being a HP I'm not surprised of the overheating, since my HP gaming laptop did the same thing! It might have been cheaper (and easier) to just add a 1TB Crucial MX500 (or similar) 2.5in SATA SSD into that empty slot that HP left, make that the G drive, then extend out the C drive to fill all of the 500GB SSD that was already preinstalled. But at least the laptop had dual channel RAM! And at least it'll run cooler now!

1 in a 1000000 tinks like that we need good people like you good day all i can do is like and sub (sorry 4 bad ing im ita) cao

Thanks. It's important for me specially, that there are humans like you. This time we're trying to survive, to not get mad and to live. I have seen your videos before, but today subscribed. This video gave me a hope in better future. Thanks. 😊

“Like your newborn, anytime its under stress, it sh*ts itself” Caught me so off guard I laughed

This is very kind, thank you for being an example of carity

bro roasted every 2009 laptop on the world🗣️

Huge WWW for helping Ukrainians! We have really tough times now.

Common Ws for the greatest technician the ever lived

Wait so... *The Greatest Technician That's Ever Lived* has their repair shop in a Subway's spare restroom?? Yep, the lore further expands and stays on brand.

Why isn't the keyboard Cyrillic? + Is there really no other way at 3:10 ?

New sub here. Thank you for your channel. Louis Rossman mentioned you.

Thank you for the longer content and helping this person. I own this exact laptop and if it wasn’t for the awful cpu temps I’d recommend it

Why do people cut their drives in multiple partitions? I don't get it. Some people say it gives them more structure to save their personal stuff in another partition. Why don't they make another folder on the c drive?! And when I need an extra partition, then just buy an extra drive. In this laptop for example u could easily put a cheap 4tb 2,5" SSD in to save ur personal stuff

Taking gold and money no take something that helps in communication

Thank you for being such a good friend to him. I would love to have a friend like that. Not the pc stuff. The part that you understand him care for him and love him as a friend. That's the friend that we need. I need.

4:18 only took two seconds to say but very important!

not just the greatest technician that's ever live but also a technician with small racoon hands

THE GREATEST HUMAN THAT'S EVER LIVED

Man, been watching your stuff for a while, love every moment of it. But this right here was touching. The closest I can even imagine what this kid has gone through on a personal level are the few stories my grandmother told me of her being just a child herself living through the Blitz in England. Glad to hear he's safe, and his rig that has likely saved more than just his life, will see him through whatever comes. Kudos to the lot of ya!

I love these stories. Thanks for sharing. Guess I could share mine real quick. Back in 2013 or so my grandmother's PC was already several years old and was so slow it was pretty much unusable. I asked her if I could hang onto it for a week and try to speed it up. Luckily my office had just replaced my workstation PC and there was nothing wrong with the old one, so I just brought it home (wish permission), put her HDD in it and added a another 2tb one. Took that one back to her and she used it with no issues ALL the way until earlier this year when she bought a new one because she wanted to go ahead and get on Windows 11 before support ended for 10.

Good old Shindows and their pain in the ass ways of drive partitions.

Rossman sent me

My man, I even watched this without an adblock