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Very easy

Steps

9

Time Required

                          10 minutes            

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  • replacement of hard drive or replacement by a SSD
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What you need

Step 1

              replacement of hard drive or replacement by a SSD               
  • unscrew these two screws to remove the coverage

unscrew these two screws to remove the coverage

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Step 2

  • unscrew these four screws to take out the case with the hard drive disk

unscrew these four screws to take out the case with the hard drive disk

Step 3

  • slip the hard drive to the left

slip the hard drive to the left

Step 4

  • pull the strap to remove the hard drive’s case

pull the strap to remove the hard drive’s case

Step 5

  • unscrew the four screws of the case to remove the hard drive out of that case

unscrew the four screws of the case to remove the hard drive out of that case

Step 6

  • remove the hard drice from its case

remove the hard drice from its case

Step 7

  • put the new hard drive or SSD, respectively in the case and fix the screws again (the HDD/SDD will only fit in the case in one way)

put the new hard drive or SSD, respectively in the case and fix the screws again (the HDD/SDD will only fit in the case in one way)

Step 8

  • slip the case to the right to plug in the HDD/SDD again

slip the case to the right to plug in the HDD/SDD again

Step 9

  • close the case again

close the case again

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

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