Difficulty

Easy

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Bottom Cover
  • 2 steps
  • 2.5" SATA Hard Drive/SSD
  • 3 steps

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What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip your laptop over.
  • Unplug all cables from the computer. If you’re just swapping the battery, you can leave the power cord plugged in.

Flip your laptop over.

Unplug all cables from the computer. If you’re just swapping the battery, you can leave the power cord plugged in.

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Step 2

              Battery
  • Pull the locking tab on the battery towards the unlock position.
  • Pull the battery out of the socket.

Pull the locking tab on the battery towards the unlock position.

Pull the battery out of the socket.

Step 3

              Bottom Cover
  • Loosen the following five screws:
  • 5 Phillips #0 screws
  • 1 recessed Phillips #0 screw
  • These screws do not come out all the way, and need to be un-tightened a lot more than you might think.

Loosen the following five screws:

5 Phillips #0 screws

1 recessed Phillips #0 screw

These screws do not come out all the way, and need to be un-tightened a lot more than you might think.

Step 4

              Bottom Cover
  • Pull up on the front cover from the left and right sides.
  • Do not force the cover off the laptop. If it does not want to come out, undo the screws a bit more.

Pull up on the front cover from the left and right sides.

Do not force the cover off the laptop. If it does not want to come out, undo the screws a bit more.

Step 5

              Hard Drive Caddy
  • Slide the hard drive caddy to your left side using the pull tab.
  • Once it has been disconnected, pull up on the hard drive.
  • When reassembling, make sure to put the drive down before plugging it in. It might take some trial and error to get the drive seated properly.

Slide the hard drive caddy to your left side using the pull tab.

Once it has been disconnected, pull up on the hard drive.

When reassembling, make sure to put the drive down before plugging it in. It might take some trial and error to get the drive seated properly.

Step 6

  • Remove all the Phillips #0 screws from the outside of the hard drive caddy.
  • Do not remove any of the screws from the top or bottom of the hard drive, as doing so can cause irreparable damage to the hard drive and the data on it.

Remove all the Phillips #0 screws from the outside of the hard drive caddy.

Do not remove any of the screws from the top or bottom of the hard drive, as doing so can cause irreparable damage to the hard drive and the data on it.

Step 7

              Hard Drive
  • Separate the hard drive and the caddy.

Separate the hard drive and the caddy.

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

Reinstall Windows or Linux on the new drive.

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