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signmeuptoo94
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Re: [Laptop] Changing Hard drive

Caddy, sorry, I realize now that my statements might seem to cause one to think changing hard drives is too hard to do, but to amend, with most laptops it's pretty easy. So's changing RAM. Some are easy to change optical drives and even the wireless controller.

In any event, if you can, take some time to find and download and presuse the manufacturer's manual, most such manuals will detail how to work on the given unit, making life a lot easier.

Personally, I think they need to start making laptops use only a max of 6 screws to do the entire device, it could be done.

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If it was a lot involved I probably not buy that model.
I probably used for 12 days and that all. I am planning on going to my grandson high school graduation in June. I will not be needing a laptop until youngest grandson graduates in 2018. This depends on my daughter she may move back to Washington from Hawaii next summer.
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said by signmeuptoo94:

Caddy, sorry, I realize now that my statements might seem to cause one to think changing hard drives is too hard to do, but to amend, with most laptops it's pretty easy. So's changing RAM. Some are easy to change optical drives and even the wireless controller.

I don't know why you need to apologize. In reality the complexity varies a lot depending on the make and model. I have run into ones (the first Acer Aspire One, for example) which require stripping everything out, keyboard, touchpad, memory, WLAN card, antennas, etc, before you could get to the hard drive. Some poorly-designed models have cases that are snapped together using flimsy clips (in addition to screws), that are guaranteed to break upon disassembly even if you know their locations. Some even have the hard drive secured using adhesive. And more and more laptops use 7 mm tall drives that are not as common as traditional 9.5 mm tall ones. While these might not necessarily apply to the OP, they are still things to watch out for when working on portable computers.

In my experience, usually the bigger/bulkier the laptop is, the easier it is to work on.
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said by broccoli:

In my experience, usually the bigger/bulkier the laptop is, the easier it is to work on.

Agreed. My Inspiron E1705 is stupid easy to take apart. More room to spread the components out or give them their own access door.