Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

5

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes            

Sections

1

  • Hard Drive
  • 5 steps

Flags

2

Markup Mishap

This guide needs better markups. Help out by correcting or making some markup annotations.

Needs More Images

A few more images would make this guide’s procedures crystal clear.

  • BackSamsung NP-N102S-B05PH

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive               
  • Start off by powering down your laptop, equipping your anti-static wrist strap, and positioning your laptop upside-down.

Start off by powering down your laptop, equipping your anti-static wrist strap, and positioning your laptop upside-down.

1024

Step 2

  • Remove the assortment of 6.5mm Phillips #0 screws labeled in the picture.

Remove the assortment of 6.5mm Phillips #0 screws labeled in the picture.

Step 3

  • Now it’s time to break out your blue opening tool! Pry off the bottom cover, which is now attached only by plastic clasps.

Now it’s time to break out your blue opening tool! Pry off the bottom cover, which is now attached only by plastic clasps.

Step 4

  • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 4.5mm bracket screws holding the hard drive onto the motherboard.
  • Take care not to remove the screws holding the bracket to the motherboard, as you will need that bracket to attach the next hard drive.

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 4.5mm bracket screws holding the hard drive onto the motherboard.

Take care not to remove the screws holding the bracket to the motherboard, as you will need that bracket to attach the next hard drive.

Step 5

  • Last, lift up the hard drive and gently pull off the SATA cable that is currently connected to the board. The hard drive is now fully removed from the laptop.

Last, lift up the hard drive and gently pull off the SATA cable that is currently connected to the board. The hard drive is now fully removed from the laptop.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      One other person completed this guide.                                             

Author

                                      with 3 other contributors 

                    Daniel Rudzik                     

Member since: 10/04/2016

349 Reputation

                                      3 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       7







                                                        +4 more badges                           

Team

                       USF Tampa, Team 2-4, Nance Fall 2016                        

                                                  Member of USF Tampa, Team 2-4, Nance Fall 2016 



                    USFT-NANCE-F16S2G4                     


                                            4 Members                     


                                            5 Guides authored