Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

4

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

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  • Hard Drive
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Turn off your laptop
  • Disconnect all cables from your laptop

Disconnect all cables from your laptop

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Step 2

              Unscrew the back cover
  • Remove 10 screws from the back cover
  • 2 large Philips #0 screws
  • 8 smaller Philips #0 screws

Remove 10 screws from the back cover

2 large Philips #0 screws

8 smaller Philips #0 screws

Step 3

              Remove back cover
  • The laptop scratches easily, be careful when removing the back cover.
  • Turn the laptop over and open the lid
  • Remove the back cover
  • Place an opening pick in between the back cover and main body of the laptop
  • Work your way around the body, snapping open the clips holding the cover in place from the inside
  • Turn the laptop over again and remove the back cover

The laptop scratches easily, be careful when removing the back cover.

Turn the laptop over and open the lid

Remove the back cover

Place an opening pick in between the back cover and main body of the laptop

Work your way around the body, snapping open the clips holding the cover in place from the inside

Turn the laptop over again and remove the back cover

Step 4

              Remove hard drive
  • The hard drive is located in the back right of the laptop
  • A cable runs over the left drive bar, make sure to move it out of the way before removing the drive.
  • Pull the back of the drive up and backwards to remove it from the laptop.
  • Make sure to disconnect the SATA power and data cables before fully removing the drive.
  • The drive bars can be removed without any tools, simply pull them to the side.

The hard drive is located in the back right of the laptop

A cable runs over the left drive bar, make sure to move it out of the way before removing the drive.

Pull the back of the drive up and backwards to remove it from the laptop.

Make sure to disconnect the SATA power and data cables before fully removing the drive.

The drive bars can be removed without any tools, simply pull them to the side.

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

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Gdnwed trojliwo - Mar 8, 2017

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Thank you for this guide! I decided to give up after contacting Blizzard’s live support, so I found your guide and saw how easy it is to do it by myself! The support centre did not even offer free shipping to Germany so I just followed your guide instead. Some screws had to be taken out by force (several things broke, but whatever!) and all in all, after messing around the HDD, the computer decided to boot up again! Hooray! Thank you again.

Devon Campbell - Mar 29, 2017

Why did you contact Blizzard about a Hewlett-Packard product? Of course they won’t be able to help!

Adi Barilan - Mar 8, 2017

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My computer had lot issues with hard drive for many time! I changed for liquid stat drive and now it works butter smoth! One problem in guide is that the omen is intact? mine was broken when i got it but i think it was a feature. also mine came with a liquid stat drive! much faster then mechanical keyboard.

Andres Rangel - Jun 19, 2017

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Remove the back cover is a little disturbing , it seems to be detroyed in the process!…but there aren’t another way. In my laptop the screw of the M2 was running free in the case making noise………Thanks for your help!

Cas Eliëns - Jun 20, 2017

Yeah, removing the back cover feels like you’re breaking something. I found that slightly twisting it upwards (as if it were connected to the screen hinge) helps with getting it loose without it feeling too wonky.