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Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

The hard drive is the storage component of a laptop or computer. If you’re unable to read files or access files in your computer, your hard drive may be corrupted and needs to be replaced. Use this guide to replace the hard drive in your device.

What you need

  1. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 2 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Be sure to power off and unplug your device before you begin your repair.

    • Remove the twelve screws on the back cover using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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  2. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Use an opening tool to pry the back cover open.

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  3. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Remove two 4 mm screws at the two corners of the battery using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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  5. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Carefully remove the three tapes on the battery.

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  6. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Carefully slide the battery connector out of its motherboard socket.

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  7. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the battery from the device.

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  8. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Disconnect the hard drive and remove it from the device.

    • At the time of guide creation, the hard drive was not included in the device.

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Conclusion

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

2 Comments

You highlighted some random spot for the hard drive but you should have highlighted the empty m.2 slot which doesn’t even require you to remove the battery.

Peter Iliopoulos - Reply

Agreed. This guide is pointless. Just a random, inaccurate guess. Why even bother putting this together if you don't know what you're talking about.

Stephen Feger - Reply

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