Introduction
Replacing the hard drive on this device is quite easy as all of the components are accessible by removing a single cover.
What you need
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First, turn off your laptop, then disconnect the power supply. Unplug any peripheral devices connected to your laptop.
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Next, remove the battery from the laptop.
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Next, remove the 4 Phillips screws from the service door cover (circled in red).
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Remove the 4 screws circled in red in the photo.
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Once the screws are removed, slide the hard drive to the right, with the help of the tab.
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Remove the 4 screws located on the side of the support.
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Then, remove the hard drive form its metallic support.
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Finally, replace de hard drive with a new one or an SSD.
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To reassemble your device, follow these steps in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these steps in reverse order.
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3 Comments
why do you do this?
You can do this to replace a faulty hard-drive or replace it by a SSD to get better performance. So I did this to replace mine by a new one and I wrote this guide for other people who search how to do it. As you can see, very easy to do.
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Amazing tutorial, thanks :)
