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What you need
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Shutdown the computer and remove the battery
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Turn it right-side down, print a picture of its back cover
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Use double-sided tape to stick all the screws in its right place on the printed picture
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Under the ram cover there is a screw, remove it
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Remove the two screws under the DVD reader
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Remove the two rubber feet beside battery place
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Turn the laptop right-side up and open and insert a pry tool along the top-side keyboard until release it
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Release the connector to which the keyboard cable is attached, and then disconnect the keyboard cable.
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Remove three screws under keyboard
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Insert pry tool around the cover in which touchpad used to be until release
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Release the connector to which the cable of two usb ports has been attaching
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Remove the two usb ports and the speaker, and the two HDD screws then pull the HDD off
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Remove metal frame in the first HDD and put it in the second
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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