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How to disassemble laptop and remove hard drive.
Guide for Toshiba Portege R500.
A few things to know before you start taking your laptop apart
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STEP 1
Unplug the power adapter.
Unlock and
remove laptop battery.
Remove two screws securing the memory cover and remove the cover. |
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STEP 2
I'm not removing the memory module because it's not necessary for this repair.
Remove all marked screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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STEP 3
Remove one more screw on the side. |
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STEP 4
Before you disconnect the PCMCIA slot cable you'll have to unlock the connector.
Carefully lift the brown part of the connector up so it stays at a 90 degree angle. |
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STEP 5
The connector unlocked.
Release the tab so you can grab it with your fingers.
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STEP 6
Pull the cable from the connector. |
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STEP 7
The PCMCIA cable has been removed from the connector. |
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STEP 8
Start lifting up the laptop base from the left side.
Remove the base assembly.
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STEP 9
The laptop base has been removed.
Now you can access hard drive, DVD drive, wireless card, cooling fan, audio board and other parts. |
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STEP 10
Carefully lift up the hard drive and disconnect the cable.
Now you can replace the hard drive.
As you see, this small laptop has a regular size hard drive.
You can replace it with another SATA hard drive.
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