Replacing a hard drive on a laptop

Members of today's notebooks are often faced with the problem of frequent reinstall your operating system. One of the reasons, why they do not work properly - the failed hard drive. The reason for his failure can be varied up to factory defects or defective product.

The cheapest way out of this situation - to install a new hard drive. But in the studio, this service costs from 1500 to 2000 hryvnia. Therefore, we offer you an article, which will tell, how to change the hard drive on a laptop.

Before installing, make, what your problem really lies in the hard disk failure. If this is confirmed, then you will need:

1. Phillips screwdriver with the tip, which corresponds to the size slot size screws, securing the laptop lid.
2. A new hard drive.

For a start, disconnect the laptop from the power, close it and turn the screen down. Choose the cover, on which side is painted a small icon, which indicates, under it is a hard drive.

Next, using a screwdriver unscrew screws, there may be a different number of, where this two-, Where 5, it all depends on your laptop model. After removing the mounting cap raising and moves it to the side.

Now in front of you you see in the hard disk drive, which is attached to the laptop case. unscrew the mounting, if it is. Pull its data warehouse from its slot, and you will see, Winchester that he attached to his body by four screws, two on opposite sides. Unscrew and remove the mounting body. local disk cover resembles the back cover of the touchscreen phones.

After dismantling the device is now necessary to establish a new laptop data warehouse. To do this, you install a new hard drive into the case and with the help of four screws to secure it. To be mistaken with the, which side is placed in the local disk cover can not be, since in the wrong position, the screw holes do not match.

Once assembled device and the housing unit set into the notebook, closing the top cover and fix it with the screws.

Check the hard drive is installed correctly, you will be able to, including laptops and going into the BIOS. If it displays the name of your hard drive, the installation was successful. It should be remembered, that when a hard drive replacement laptop all data will be lost. Also, you have to re-install the operating system, and all programs, that you need.

How to replace the hard drive on a laptop, you see yourself in the video to this article. Step-by-step instruction.