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Toshiba Satellite C55-A5286 Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

This guide will show you how to remove or replace the hard drive of the Toshiba Satellite C55-A5286 laptop. A Phillips screwdriver of head size PH0 is required for this guide.

What you need

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    • Unplug the AC adapter and all other auxiliary components from the laptop.

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    • There is a removable panel on the underside of the laptop with one 5-mm screw holding it in place.

    • Use the screwdriver to remove the screw and then remove the back panel.

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    • Underneath this panel is a silver square with rubber around the edges. This is the hard drive. On the side of the hard drive nearest to the manufacturer’s label, there is a large, flat 8-mm screw that is holding the hard drive in place.

    • Use the screwdriver to remove the screw.

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    • Carefully hold the sides of the hard drive with the rubber and pull the hard drive out. It should remove fairly easily.

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Conclusion

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

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The hard drive is ‘encased’ in a foil-looking, very flexible ‘enclosure’.

On the screw-side (near the label), each corner of the foil enclosure has a rubber black stuffed between the drive and the laptop - these blocks are connected to the enclosure via a rubber ‘string’. If you pull those nubs straight up, you can pull on them towards the label to disengage the drive from its SATA interface.

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