Difficulty

Easy

Steps

7

Time Required

                          15 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Lower Case
  • 2 steps
  • Hard drive
  • 3 steps

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What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Place the laptop face down with the battery facing away from you.
  • Locate the two buttons next to the battery.
  • Slide the right slider to the unlocked (red) position.

Place the laptop face down with the battery facing away from you.

Locate the two buttons next to the battery.

Slide the right slider to the unlocked (red) position.

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Step 2

  • Hold the left button to the left.
  • Slide the battery with your other hand away from you and it should disconnect.

Hold the left button to the left.

Slide the battery with your other hand away from you and it should disconnect.

Step 3

              Lower Case
  • Remove the five Phillips # 0 screws from the back panel.
  • Using your finger or a plastic spudger start to carefully pry up the back planel.

Remove the five Phillips # 0 screws from the back panel.

Using your finger or a plastic spudger start to carefully pry up the back planel.

Step 4

  • Slide the back panel away and remove the panel.

Slide the back panel away and remove the panel.

Step 5

              Hard drive
  • Remove the four Phillips #0 screws holding the hard drive case to the laptop.
  • Lift the hard drive upwards by the two arms in order to remove the hard drive case from the laptop.

Remove the four Phillips #0 screws holding the hard drive case to the laptop.

Lift the hard drive upwards by the two arms in order to remove the hard drive case from the laptop.

Step 6

  • Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the cage screws on the side of the hard drive.

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the cage screws on the side of the hard drive.

Step 7

  • Next, slide the case off of the broken hard drive.
  • Slide the working hard drive into the case and screw it on.

Next, slide the case off of the broken hard drive.

Slide the working hard drive into the case and screw it on.

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

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