laptop hdd

[chris31560]

hi guys, can someone tell me is it easy to change the hdd on a laptop, and if so how do i go about doin that, as i have never done an hdd change on a laptop before only a tower.cheers...c

[Shady]

i have.. and found it easier to do.. hdd unscrews and slides out, new one slides in and gets screwed in.. doddle.

[chris31560]

cheers for that m8, but does anyone have a thumb nail of this.chers....c

[cunny]

There is usually 2 easy access covers on underneath laptops. 1 for ram other hdd housing. Just use a small phillips to gain access

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[nibblitz]

Search Youtube

There probably even a video showing how to do it for your specific laptop model

[RobinGill]

Post your laptop model and we can try and help you.

I've seen them vary from trap doors (most common), to slide out trays/cover and slide out drive, even seen a couple where the whole damn thing has to be stripped to get to the drive.

[chris31560]

its an ibm levano thinkpad..c

[nibblitz]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exq0MN8aJg"]IBM Lenovo Hard Drive Replacement Upgrade Installation Guide T40 T40p T41 T41p T42 T42p T43 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHWh2hSzQc"]How to replace the Hard drive in the Lenovo Thinkpad R500 Laptop - YouTube[/ame]

Theres even more on Youtube, just do a search....

[ifred]

There is a little more information to know about
IBM Thinkpads!
The hard drive has to be a recognisable one to the Bios and also some Thinkpad will have a hard drive data lock to protect the data on the hard drive been run on another machine or copied

if you look on the thinkpads.com forum there is model and machine specific information and some helpful members

I use paragon Hard drive manager program to image the old hard drive to the newer one.
But none of it is difficult Chris -just step by step the nice think is Thinkpads are designed with hard drive swooping in mind.
Live dangerously -tear it apart

[chris31560]

update to hdd remove, thanx guys ive sorted it now, it was just a screw on bk of comp then it just slid out.....c.