DIY: Tutorial - Speed up your Notebook by migrating OS from HDD to SSD

In 2014 I bought an Intel i5 CPU based Asus Notebook with 4GB RAM and 1TB HDD. With Win 8.1 OS running the Notebook ran perfectly. Then came the Win 10 free upgrade, post which the Notebook dramatically slowed down. It would take almost 1 - 1.5 mins to login to Windows with all background Apps loaded. Also any resource hungry Multimedia Apps would load extremely slowly.

After hearing from few of my friends and watching some Youtube videos I learnt that you can dramatically speed-up your system not by just upgrading RAM or buying a new Notebook, but by migrating your existing Notebook's OS from a traditional magnetic HDD to a SSD. 

While from the videos looked liked the migration was simple, I must admit that with the correct information and software the migration from HDD to SSD is really very smooth and seamless. I have now upgraded to a Samsung 250GB SATA III 860 EVO SSD. Believe me it now takes me little less than 15 secs to see my desktop with all background Apps loaded. My Windows experience has completely changed and I feel as if I am using an Ultrabook.

Indian Driving License Digitization, NOC & Renewal Process for new Smart Card License

While everybody thinks that you definitely need an Agent to convert your old booklet Driving License into a Smart Card and also to renew it, I took up a challenge this summer to check how the entire system works and was very pleased to get things smoothly done and also save some money. Rather than getting misguided by the Agents, you can follow the process below (as per your case) to get your old Booklet Driving License digitized, have NOC issued in old RTO and then apply for renewal and issuance of new Driving License.

Digitisation of Booklet DL (RTO Mumbai West - Andheri) [if your DL is not present on Central Repository] -

1. Fill Offline Application Form 9 (Rs.5) along with copy of Driving License and original Driving License.
2. Counter 19 closed. Counter 13 accepts form, verifies, signs and then sends to 1st Floor Assistant RTO - Hemant Patil - for 2nd sign.
3. After sign of Assistant RTO Counter 13 verifies and sends to Counter 15 for submission.
4. Counter 15 uploads data to Central Repository in 5-10 mins.
5. Once the data is uploaded on Central Repository you can view your License details on the parivahan Portal and also add your DL on the DigiLocker App.

How to smartly use your Bluetooth Peripherals with Amazon Fire TV Stick

So you have a new Amazon Fire TV Stick and some Bluetooth Peripherals like the Sony Ericsson MW600 BT Headset or say the JBL Flip 2 Speakers, then you may want to smartly want to integrate them into your Fire TV ecosystem by paring them.

One of the best feature with the Fire TV Stick as compared to few of its competitors is the availability of Bluetooth. You can pair a new Bluetooth device by going to Settings -> Controller and Bluetooth devices -> Other Bluetooth devices -> Add Bluetooth Device. 

I have paired 2 of my most used Bluetooth Peripherals and achieved the following -

1. JBL Flip 3 Bluetooth Speakers - Once paired you can play music through any of the popular Fire TV Audio / Video apps and listen to the Music even by turning off your TV. It is also useful if you have a large room and watching a video where you need to carefully listen to some dialogue. Pairing with the BT speaker enables you to bring the Audio closer to you.