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Sony Vaio VPCW21FX Hard Drive Replacement

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This guide is retained solely for historical purposes. Use the updated version of the guide to perform your repair.

Introduction

In this guide, you will learn how to remove and replace the Hard Drive from your laptop. If you have this exact laptop, follow the below steps. If you have another laptop, that is still okay, these steps will give you a basic understanding on how to remove the Hard Drive and you can adapt them to your own computer.

What you need

  1. Sony Vaio VPCW21FX Hard Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Make sure your device is powered off and unplugged to avoid electric shock.

    • Place your device upside down with the bottom panel facing upwards.

    • Orient the device so the battery is away from you as shown

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    • Unlock the battery by sliding the lock switch to the right.

    • Locate the release latch. Slide the latch to the left to remove the battery from your laptop.

    • Be sure to lift up on the battery while you slide the latch to the left.

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    • Remove the battery from your laptop.

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    • Remove the two 4.8mm screws that are holding the bottom right panel cover.

    • Remove the Panel cover by lifting it up.

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  6. Sony Vaio VPCW21FX Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 2 Sony Vaio VPCW21FX Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the two 4.8mm screws that are holding the hard drive down.

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    • Grab the black tab that is attached to the hard drive.

    • Slide hard drive to the left to release it from the computer

    • Pull drive up from there and it will come out.

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Conclusion

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

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