Difficulty

Easy

Steps

8

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • SSD/Hard Drive
  • 4 steps

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Step 1

              Preparations
  • Before you begin, be sure to turn off your laptop and unplug it from the outlet.

Before you begin, be sure to turn off your laptop and unplug it from the outlet.

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Step 2

              Locate the battery
  • Flip the computer upside down.
  • The red rectangle shows the location of the battery.

Flip the computer upside down.

The red rectangle shows the location of the battery.

Step 3

              Unlock the left switch
  • Locate the two switches that lock the battery. Push the left-hand switch outward into the “unlocked” position.

Locate the two switches that lock the battery. Push the left-hand switch outward into the “unlocked” position.

Step 4

              Remove the battery
  • Now push and hold the right clip to the right while using your other hand to gently slide the battery away from the computer.

Now push and hold the right clip to the right while using your other hand to gently slide the battery away from the computer.

Step 5

              Locate the hard drive enclosure
  • Locate the hard drive enclosure (marked by the red rectangle).

Locate the hard drive enclosure (marked by the red rectangle).

Step 6

              Remove enclosure
  • Use a small Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the single screw that holds down the hard drive enclosure cover.
  • The screw is designed to remain within the plastic cover. Don’t worry about extracting it completely.
  • Carefully remove the hard drive enclosure cover.

Use a small Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the single screw that holds down the hard drive enclosure cover.

The screw is designed to remain within the plastic cover. Don’t worry about extracting it completely.

Carefully remove the hard drive enclosure cover.

Step 7

              Remove SSD/hard drive
  • Gently pull the black pull tab out from above the hard drive. Continue pulling on the pull tab until the hard drive and the two plastic rails come out of the enclosure.
  • Pull on the tab firmly but slowly. The hard drive should come out of the enclosure effortlessly.

Gently pull the black pull tab out from above the hard drive. Continue pulling on the pull tab until the hard drive and the two plastic rails come out of the enclosure.

Pull on the tab firmly but slowly. The hard drive should come out of the enclosure effortlessly.

Step 8

              Remove plastic rails
  • Remove the plastic rails from the old SSD/hard drive and place them on the new SSD/hard drive.

Remove the plastic rails from the old SSD/hard drive and place them on the new SSD/hard drive.

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

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nisarahmed_980 - Mar 17, 2017

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Hy sir

i have one question about this laptop lenovo x230 thinkpad i have internald SSD 128 i want to increase in 500GB any body can tell me

which size of ssd possible for lenovo think pad x230 and which company thanks

Nageek Gamer - Mar 25, 2017

It looks to be a 2.5 in hard drive/solid state drive.

John X - Dec 5, 2017

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500GB will work fine.

500 GB will work fine.

adwaitgaikwad - Jan 2, 2018

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Hi,

I have an lenovo thinkpad x230t convertible laptop, which I want to upgrade with a ssd what are the specifications I should be looking for in a ssd so that it would be compatible with my laptop,

Thanks in advance