Vaio VGN-A260 dvd drive replacement

The VAIO VGN-T350 is a notebook computer designed and distributed by Sony.
The hard drive on your Sony VAIO VGN-T350, which is the unit that stores data, consists of many clusters of data that can be rewritten with new data.
If you are looking for a memory capacity upgrade, or if your old hard drive is having errors, it's time for an upgrade.
Upgrading the hard drive on your Sony VAIO will require the use of a screwdriver and will take you about 30 minutes to complete.

Turn off your Sony VAIO VGN-T350 and remove the power cord and any other peripheral components.
Turn over your Sony VAIO VGN-T350 and locate the hard drive chamber on the bottom of your laptop. It will be clearly labeled.

Use the screwdriver to remove the screw holding the lid in place.
Gently lift the hard drive and its cage away from your laptop and disconnect the data cord.
Remove the four screws located at the corners, and then remove your old hard drive from its cage.
Place your new internal laptop hard drive into the cage and replace the screws.
Connect the data cord to your new hard drive and place your new hard drive into its chamber.
Close the lid and replace the screw to complete the operation.
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Sony Vaio Hard Drive Replacement
This might not be your specific laptop it might give you an insight into the hard drive installation.

Ebay this hard drive should fit there are smaller capacity drives that will be compatible.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-500GB-Sata-Hard-Disk-Hdd-for-Sony-VAIO-PCG-3H2L-VGN-P530H-VGN-SR410J-B-/190882270487?pt=US_Internal_Hard_Disk_Drives&hash=item2c71784d17

500GB Sata Hard Disk Hdd for Sony VAIO PCG-3H2L VGN-P530H VGN-SR410J/B

If the BIOS does not have the USB as one of the boot options then you cannot boot up with an USB memory stick.
In this case you need to replace the CD/DVD drive with a new one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNUYSI3BeuA

Here you can read the manual.

http://www.docs.sony.com/release/VGNA200series.pdf

Your drivers can be found here:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNA260&LOC=3
Try reinstalling your chipset drivers.

Here is some instructions:

www.yboyandrei.com/VGN-N

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try this link

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Laptop-Disassembly-Guide&id=450471

turn the laptop upside down ...remove a partial plastic cover attached by a screw on its edge ( there is a small sign showing the hard drive usually) after taking the cover of plastic away the hard disk is visible . pull it gently aside (sideway)
and replace it with the new one.

Here is are disassemble instructions for you,

Good Luck

on the back right on the same space there is 2 or 3 screws remove them and pull the dvd drive like if you wants to pull the disk get new one and reinstall it you can get that on ebay