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How to remove and replace laptop hard drive

How to remove, replace or upgrade a laptop hard drive. Instructions for the following notebook computers: Compaq, Dell, Gateway, HP (Hewlett Packard), IBM, Micron/MPC, Nec, Toshiba. Very detailed removal and installation guides in PDF format.

 

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8 Responses to “How to remove and replace laptop hard drive”

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    Monica Says:
    February 23rd, 2006 at 11:53 am

    I have an IBM Thinkpad and it isn’t reading my hard drive. It says to replace it but I have no clue how to do that. Also, what do I need to get the system back up and running once it is installed? What program do I need?

    Thanks!

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    cj2600 Says:
    February 23rd, 2006 at 12:04 pm

    If you follow the link I provided above you will find step-by-step hard drive replacement instructions for some IBM laptops. To restore the operating system on a new hard drive you have to use a set of restore CDs. Put the restore CD into the laptop and boot the laptop from the CD/DVD drive. Follow the instructions. Some IBM laptops have these CDs; some come with a special recovery partition on the hard drive. If you do not have these CDs I guess you can call to IBM and buy CDs from them.

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    Sam Says:
    August 3rd, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    I cant find a guide for installing new hdd for acer aspire 1350 laptop, and when i find links they don’t work!!! any help would be extremely appreciated! :D

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    Kharim mussa Says:
    June 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 am

    how to remove hdd and replace it.

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    MELINDAJETTE Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    Hi there I just brought a DELL LAP Top notebook and i did’n get a maunal or guide with it I don’t no anything about this lap top I got It from a swatmeet
    Thank you so much for your time
    Have A Nice Day
    bye

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    Nadim Gero Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 7:12 am

    I just started a blog, therefore Iam still learning.
    Your post is very informative and benificail.

    Nadim

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    Heather Boreman Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 4:45 am

    Hello, I have an HP laptop and was wondering if I can use my hard drive that was in my gateway(they are the same shape and fit) with my hp, and use my gateway recovery cd on this hp?

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    cj2600 Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    Heather Boreman,

    I have an HP laptop and was wondering if I can use my hard drive that was in my gateway(they are the same shape and fit) with my hp

    Most likely you can use the hard drive from your Gateway on HP laptop but you cannot use the recovery disc. You’ll have to find original HP restore disc or install OS from a generic XP/Vista CD.

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