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Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

Here is a video tutorial: https://youtu.be/qz381bG0lAo

What you need

  1. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Preparing the laptop for disassembly.: step 1, image 1 of 2 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Preparing the laptop for disassembly.: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Shut down the laptop.

    • Disconnect the power plug.

    • Close the laptop.

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  2. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Opening the back panel.: step 2, image 1 of 3 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Opening the back panel.: step 2, image 2 of 3 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Opening the back panel.: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Flip the laptop upside down.

    • Remove these 11 screws with a phillips screwdriver.

    • Remove the cover by putting something thin between the cover and the base and then pushing towards the cooling vents, carefully lift it.

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  4. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the disk from the laptop.: step 3, image 1 of 2 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the disk from the laptop.: step 3, image 2 of 2

    • Remove these 4 screws with a phillips screwdriver.

    • Uclip and disconnect the ribbon cable.

    • Remove the disk from the laptop.

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  5. Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the bracket.: step 4, image 1 of 3 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the bracket.: step 4, image 2 of 3 Lenovo Ideapad Y700 15-ISK Hard Drive Replacement, Removing the bracket.: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • Unplug the SATA adaptor from the disk.

    • Remove these 4 screws with a phillips screwdriver.

    • Remove the disk from the bracket.

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Conclusion

The drive is out. To install a new one, just follow the steps in the opposite order.

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6 Comments

Friend, I tried to remove the cover after removing all the screws, but it seemed to be locked.

rpvale2002 - Reply

You need to carefully pry the bottom cover with something thin like a plastic pryer.

Sebastian Szymański -

My Y700 has two harddrives. Is this the instructions for the primary hard drive or the secondary?

klobpries - Reply

It’s possible that the second drive is a M.2 drive. Both can be either. It’s suggested to use the faster drive for the system and the slower one for storage.

Sebastian Szymański -

Would Samsung 1TB SSD 860 EVO work for the HDD replacement ?

chou jason - Reply

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