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  • Hard Disk
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Step 1

              Hard Disk
  • Shutdown the computer and remove the battery
  • Turn it right-side down, print a picture of its back cover

Shutdown the computer and remove the battery

Turn it right-side down, print a picture of its back cover

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Step 2

              Removing screws
  • Use double-sided tape to stick all the screws in its right place on the printed picture
  • Under the ram cover there is a screw, remove it
  • Dvd reader will come off when you remove its screw
  • Remove the two screws under the DVD reader

Use double-sided tape to stick all the screws in its right place on the printed picture

Under the ram cover there is a screw, remove it

Dvd reader will come off when you remove its screw

Remove the two screws under the DVD reader

Step 3

              Removing rubber feet and Keyboard
  • Remove the two rubber feet beside battery place
  • Turn the laptop right-side up and open and insert a pry tool along the top-side keyboard until release it
  • Release the connector to which the keyboard cable is attached, and then disconnect the keyboard cable.

Remove the two rubber feet beside battery place

Turn the laptop right-side up and open and insert a pry tool along the top-side keyboard until release it

Release the connector to which the keyboard cable is attached, and then disconnect the keyboard cable.

Step 4

              Remove mother board cover
  • Remove three screws under keyboard
  • Don’t forget the security protocol we followed in step 1 and 2
  • Insert pry tool around the cover in which touchpad used to be until release
  • First release the left side because the right has a clips which hold the cover.

Remove three screws under keyboard

Don’t forget the security protocol we followed in step 1 and 2

Insert pry tool around the cover in which touchpad used to be until release

First release the left side because the right has a clips which hold the cover.

Step 5

              Remove HDD and insert another one
  • Release the connector to which the cable of two usb ports has been attaching
  • Remove the two usb ports and the speaker, and the two HDD screws then pull the HDD off
  • Remove metal frame in the first HDD and put it in the second

Release the connector to which the cable of two usb ports has been attaching

Remove the two usb ports and the speaker, and the two HDD screws then pull the HDD off

Remove metal frame in the first HDD and put it in the second

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

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Susan Oginni - Oct 18, 2020

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Good job it did not work