Difficulty

Easy

Steps

4

Time Required

                          5 - 10 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Cover Panel
  • 2 steps
  • Hard drive
  • 1 step

Flags

1

Member-Contributed Guide

An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff.

  • BackAcer Aspire 5742

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Move the battery catch to the “unlocked” position.
  • Pull back the second spring-loaded battery catch until the battery pops up.
  • Remove the battery.

Move the battery catch to the “unlocked” position.

Pull back the second spring-loaded battery catch until the battery pops up.

Remove the battery.

1024

Step 2

              Cover Panel
  • Turn the notebook around to face you.
  • There are two Phillips #00 screws securing the cover panel to the rest of the notebook. Remove these screws.

Turn the notebook around to face you.

There are two Phillips #00 screws securing the cover panel to the rest of the notebook. Remove these screws.

Step 3

  • Use a spudger to release the panel from the plastic retaining clips keeping it in place.
  • Do not apply too much force, or you may break the clips.
  • Remove the panel and set it aside.

Use a spudger to release the panel from the plastic retaining clips keeping it in place.

Do not apply too much force, or you may break the clips.

Remove the panel and set it aside.

Step 4

              Hard drive
  • Unscrew the Phillips #00 screw which retains the hard drive in place.
  • Gently slide the hard drive to the left in order to disengage the SATA connectors.
  • It may be quite stiff, in which case you can ease the hard drive out of the SATA connectors by inserting a spudger between the hard drive and the connector block.
  • Lift the drive out of the notebook.

Unscrew the Phillips #00 screw which retains the hard drive in place.

Gently slide the hard drive to the left in order to disengage the SATA connectors.

It may be quite stiff, in which case you can ease the hard drive out of the SATA connectors by inserting a spudger between the hard drive and the connector block.

Lift the drive out of the notebook.

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

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      15 other people completed this guide.

Author

                                      with 4 other contributors 


                    Skylar MacDonald

Member since: 12/04/2011

1,922 Reputation

                                      5 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       24







                                                        +21 more badges

patrickscott - Feb 13, 2015

Reply

Great guide except for the missing screw sizes. Does anybody know the screw sizes?

Shahzaan - Jul 20, 2017

Reply

I have this laptop with a bad HDD, it was a Toshiba 640 GB , 5400 RPM drive.

I like to know if this laptop supports 7200 RPM drives

Also, does this laptop support an SSD drive ?

Philip Le Riche - Dec 9, 2018

Yes, any 2.5in SATA HDD or SSD can be fitted in place of any other.