Replace hard drive

Well first of all does it have a Hard Drive or what they call the Solid State Drive (SSD) which looks like a wireless card or some type of circuit board?

Next thing is where is the drive located, no matter which type, where is it? On most systems the drive is on the bottom of the laptop, so all you have to do is remove the screws from the cover that houses the drive. Normally the cover will have the icon of 3 circular discs on it.

Sometimes the drive, no matter which type, will be located under the plamrest or keyboard, when means you have to take the unit apart to get to it.

OK, you're in luck.. I checked your manual and it says you have a 60GB SATA Hard Drive, but it did not say where it was located.

If you have installed the hard drive and it reads no OS, that means you have a blank hard drive. You need to install Windows on it.
If you took a hard drive out of your system and are replacing it with a new one, place the jumpers on the new one in the same location as they are on the old one.
Different hard drive brands use different jumper locations. When in doubt, the jumper location is printed on the front of the drive or, in the case of a Western Digital, is printed on the bottom of the drive right below the jumper posts.

Hi,

The hard drive is located under the CD/DVD drive. Before you start taking apart the laptop, remove the battery and unplug the AC power.

1. You have to remove the CD/DVD drive. Turn the laptop over. Remove one screw right above the dive and slide the drive out of the laptop.
2. When the CD/DVD drive is removed, you'll see a metal plate. The metal plate is secured by 4 screws. Remove them and lift up the plate from the bay. The hard drive is located right under the plate.
3. After you remove the plate, you'll see the hard drive. The hard drive also secured by 4 screws. Remove the screws, slide the hard dire to disconnect it from the connector on the moterboard and lift it up.
4. You have to transfer the brackets from the old hard drive to a new hard drive. Also, if there is a foil shielding around the old hard drive, you'll have to transfer it to a new hard drive too.

Below is website with a picture guide on how to remove the hard drive>>>>


http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-P10/remove-hard-drive.htm




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After some research, I did locate the user manual for this notebook, the link is below. The manual provides a good deal of information, what it does not tell you is the location of the hard drive. Generally though, the hard drive is located on the bottom of the laptop, under one of the panels secured by screws. Also, generally, the hard drive is enclosed in a cradle with an adapter that connects the hard drive to the system board. To replace, you unplug the existing hard drive, remove the cradle and put the new drive in the cradle the plug it back in.

I hope that this puts you in the right direction to answer your question. Look at the manual, which will show you where many of the other components are located on the bottom of the notebook. This will help you narrow your search.

If you have any other questions about the process, please let me know.

Brian

http://www.trigem.com/us/support/manuals.asp

The link to download the manual to PDF is in the middle of the page.

remove the side panels to access your computers hard drive
put an earth ******** to earth yourself before proceeding
there are 4 screws 2 either side of the hrd drve
unplug the electrical lead followed by the IDE/SATA what ever applies
have a good look at the plastic jumper & the pin settings usually located at the rear of the hard drive next to IDE/SATA lead before removing anything
then place the new hard drive in rembering to look at the plastic jumper and its location
plug the electical & IDE/SATA lead in
restart your computer

hope this helps

Hard Disk Drive removal

1. Review the safety considerations before performing the steps listed below by clicking on the following link: CAUTION: Failure to comply with the precautions could result in damage to your product or loss of data. CAUTION: Observe all precautions when removing and replacing components.
2. Remove the battery, switch cover, keyboard, and palm rest.
   
3. Remove the two silver 3mm P000 Phillips-head screws from the left side of the hard disk drive bracket.
4. Loosen the captive P1 Phillips-head screw on the right side of the hard disk drive bracket.
5. Use the black Mylar tab located on the hard disk drive enclosure to slide the hard disk drive away from the hard disk drive connector on the system board.
6. Remove the hard disk drive from the hard disk drive bay.
7. Place the hard disk drive in an electrostatic dissipating bag.

Hard Disk Drive replacement

1. 1. Remove the hard disk drive from the electrostatic dissipating bag.
2. Place the hard disk drive into the hard disk drive bay and align it with the hard disk drive connector on the system board.
3. Use the black Mylar tab located on the hard disk drive enclosure to slide the hard disk drive securely onto the system board connector.
4. Tighten the captive P1 Phillips-head screw on the right side of the hard disk drive bracket.
5. Replace the two silver 3mm P000 Phillips-head screws on the left side of the hard disk drive bracket.

If you are replacing both hard drives, there is the primary located near the battery, just to the right. There are two small phillips head screws under two rubber cover4s. Gently pry them off with a small standard screwdriver and you can see the screws. Then you can access the drive. The second drive is located under the large panel with the model number sticker on it, there are 6 phillips screws to remove and then lift the cover off. There is an indention on the cover near the battery compartment where you can pry it off.

Hard drives are easy to replace, they are located in a separate compartment. Depending upon the model of your laptop, it could be located on the bottom or on the front or left or right hand side of the laptop. The hard drive may have an adapter connector that fits over the 44 data pins on the hard drive.
For further information please click on this link :-
http://www.fonerbooks.com/laptop_1.htm
After you install a new hard drive, you need to format the hard drive and install Windows on the hard drive plus the device drivers of the devices that are installed on the laptop eg. video, audio, modem, LAN and wireless etc.

Please go through the following link which shows you a pic where the hard drive is located and then you will easily be able to change the hard disk drive in your laptop

http://media.laptoplogic.com/data/news/images/2704/lenovo-thinkpad-t61p-2.jpg