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  • Disconnect the large orange hard drive cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.

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  • Deroute the red and black speaker cable from under the fold in the hard drive ribbon.

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  • Lift the hard drive up from the right side and remove it from the computer.

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  • Your hard drive should look approximately like this.

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  • Remove the two silver Phillips screws and black rubber bumpers from either side of the hard drive (four sets of screws and bumpers total).

  • Lift the plastic shield off of the hard drive.

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  • Disconnect the hard drive cable from the hard drive by applying even pressure on both sides while maintaining a firm grip on the drive itself.

  • This is a bit tricky. Try holding the drive against your body while pushing the cable away from you, or rocking the cable gently from side to side while applying even pressure, or both. If you bend the pins, do your best to straighten them, using the hard drive cable as a guide.

  • If you are installing a new hard drive, we have an OS X install guide to get you up and running.

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