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Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

This guide should help you with removing & replacing the Lenovo ThinkPad T530 hard drive (HDD) with a new one or a solid state Drive (SSD). This is a remarkably simple repair as the HDD is designed to be accessible.

You can find the official Lenovo documentation attached as well.

What you need

  1. Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the battery and locating the drive enclousure: step 1, image 1 of 3 Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the battery and locating the drive enclousure: step 1, image 2 of 3 Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the battery and locating the drive enclousure: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Before removing any parts, turn off the computer, unplug all power cords from electrical outlets, remove the battery pack, and then disconnect any interconnecting cables. Don't turn the device on before fully reassembling it again.

    • Place it on a flat, sturdy surface and unplug the power cord.

    • Remove the battery by moving the battery latch and sliding the battery out.

    • Locate the drive enclosure.

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  3. Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement, Remove drive enclosure: step 2, image 1 of 2 Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement, Remove drive enclosure: step 2, image 2 of 2

    • Use a small Philips screwdriver to unscrew the single screw that holds down the drive enclosure cover. Loosen the screw, but do not remove it.

    • Carefully remove the drive enclosure cover.

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  4. Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 2 Lenovo ThinkPad T530 Hard Drive Replacement: step 3, image 2 of 2

    • Slightly lift & pull on the black pull tab until the hard drive and the two rubber rails come out of the enclosure.

    • The hard drive should come out of the enclosure effortlessly.

    • Remove the two rubber rails (blue arrows) & four screws (red arrows). Those should be reused if you are replacing the HDD with a new HDD or SDD.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Timo

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Kann ich da auch eine mSATA SSD nachrüsten? Wenn ja, welche wären das?

Mounir El Housseini - Reply

The Service Manual (from Lenovo) says its possible to put in an mSata drive in the WWAN slot although they claim it should only be used as cache- as it isn't nearly as reliable. Below is a link to their documentation, flip to page 82.

t530_t530i_w530_hmm_en_0b48474_03.pdf (lenovo.com)

Albert Stoynov -

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