{"id":223,"date":"2011-10-12T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-10-13T01:09:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T01:09:39","slug":"how-to-replace-a-hard-drive-on-a-laptop-sata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"How to replace a hard drive on a laptop (sata)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A while back my flat-mate&#8217;s laptop hard drive keeled over and died. It wouldn&#8217;t boot and wouldn&#8217;t read in a caddy, and as there was no back of the data, it was all lost too. Only one thing for it then, buy and install a brand new hard disk.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>In this tutorial, I will show you how to physically replace the hard disk, I won&#8217;t be showing you how to install windows now and\u00a0there are many other\u00a0blogs that cover that.<\/div>\n<div>Hopefully this will give you the confidence to go ahead and replace a disk is you need to.<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Problem<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>How to replace hard disk (sata)<\/div>\n<div>.<\/div>\n<div><strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>First of all you will need to switch off the laptop, and remove the power connection.<\/li>\n<li>Now turn the laptop over and remove the battery.<\/li>\n<li>You should now see something like this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_228\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"size-large wp-image-228\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Step 1<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>You should be able to locate the hard disk cover it usually has a symbol on it that looks like this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_230\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-drive-symbol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-230\" class=\"size-large wp-image-230\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-drive-symbol-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-drive-symbol-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-drive-symbol-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hard drive symbol<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Near the symbol(s) you should find the hard disk cover screws remove them and you will see something like this:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_231\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Step 2<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>In this case the hard disk is housed in some casing, the screws keeping it attached to the laptop case need removing and then you can slide the hard disk out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-disk-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"size-large wp-image-233\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-disk-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-disk-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/hard-disk-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Step 3<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Next you need to remove the casing screws on the hard disk.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"size-large wp-image-234\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hard-disk-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Step 4<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li> Finally the hard disk has been removed from it&#8217;s casing.<\/li>\n<li>All that remains is to place the new hard disk back into the casing and reverse the whole process!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Please note hard disks and other computer parts are static-sensitive, meaning you should ensure you discarge any staic you have. You can do this by touching something metal, before you start\u00a0this will remove any static build up. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back my flat-mate&#8217;s laptop hard drive keeled over and died. It wouldn&#8217;t boot and wouldn&#8217;t read in a caddy, and as there was no back of the data, it was all lost too. 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