Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

1

  • Hard Drive
  • 8 steps

Flags

0

  • BackASUS N56JN

  • 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

              Hard Drive
  • To prevent injury, make sure the laptop is unplugged before removing the battery.
  • To prevent data loss, make sure the laptop has fully shut down before removing the battery.
  • Pull the switch on the back of laptop in the direction of the arrow.
  • If done correctly the battery should pop out. Lift the battery to remove it.

To prevent injury, make sure the laptop is unplugged before removing the battery.

To prevent data loss, make sure the laptop has fully shut down before removing the battery.

Pull the switch on the back of laptop in the direction of the arrow.

If done correctly the battery should pop out. Lift the battery to remove it.

1024

Step 2

  • Use the screwdriver to remove the rubber cap on the top of the backplate.

Use the screwdriver to remove the rubber cap on the top of the backplate.

Step 3

  • Remove the screw that was uncovered.
  • Pull the backing plate away from the laptop.
  • This will take a fair amount of force.

Remove the screw that was uncovered.

Pull the backing plate away from the laptop.

This will take a fair amount of force.

Step 4

  • Remove the four screws located in the corners of the metal bracket.
  • Three of the four screws are the same size. The exception is the bottom left screw, which is significantly shorter. Make sure to put the short screw where it belongs when re-assembling.

Remove the four screws located in the corners of the metal bracket.

Three of the four screws are the same size. The exception is the bottom left screw, which is significantly shorter. Make sure to put the short screw where it belongs when re-assembling.

Step 5

  • Push the hard drive away from the center until fully disconnected.
  • Lift the hard drive from the bottom right tab to remove it from the laptop.

Push the hard drive away from the center until fully disconnected.

Lift the hard drive from the bottom right tab to remove it from the laptop.

Step 6

  • Remove the four screws on the side of the hard drive and bracket.

Remove the four screws on the side of the hard drive and bracket.

Step 7

  • Remove the hard drive from the bracket.

Remove the hard drive from the bracket.

Step 8

  • Insert the new hard drive into the bracket.

Insert the new hard drive into the bracket.

To reassemble your device, follow instructions 1-6 in the reverse order.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      8 other people completed this guide.

Author

                                      with 2 other contributors 


                    Sebastian Jordan

Member since: 10/11/2015

308 Reputation

                                      1 Guide authored                  



                       Badges:
                       7







                                                        +4 more badges

Team

                       Cal Poly, Team 14-6, Green Fall 2015                        

                                                  Member of Cal Poly, Team 14-6, Green Fall 2015 



                    CPSU-GREEN-F15S14G6                     


                                            5 Members                     


                                            6 Guides authored

Günther Haschberger - Nov 28, 2018

Reply

That’s not rocket science - How to clone the disk properly? that’s the part I can’t manage… Any freeware clone software that actually WORKS and is not just a dumb backup software…?

Edward Falk - Dec 6, 2018

The free version of Minitool Partition Wizard is very good.