You first remove the old hard drive and replace it with a new one. Be sure that if the drive is an IDE that you replace it with an IDE. If it's a SATA, replace it with a SATA drive. When I replace laptop hard drives for clients, I usually install a larger drive than what was in the computer.
Once the new drive is installed, you'll have to install the operating system with either a system recovery disk from the manufacturer or a Windows system disk with the same version of Windows on it (unless you have purchased a new Windows disk).
A manufacturer's disk will generally have the required drivers on it. If you use a generic Windows disk, you will have to visit Acer's site to get the drivers you need.
i have a disc for a factory reset what i need is someone to tell me the step by step instructions on how to idenify where its at on the bottom of computer then if i have to unscrew or unplug or what that intails to get it out and then i need to know how to put it back in such as rescrewing or pluging in or such i m good after the hard drive gets replaced its replacing it i cant seem to communicate to anyone
Looks like one of the guys sent a link to the directions. That should do it.
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It you take the drive out and fit it into another machine (not the same model) there is a good chance when you boot it you will get a blue screen of death. You see if the chipsets on the motherboards are different then windows wont like it. You are best buying a laptop drive caddy and using it as a slave drive.
To remove it is easy. turn the laptop over and there are a few removable cover usually held by two screws. remove the covers until you find the one the drive is in and you may find it is held by another screw 9probably not) it will just slide out.
im replacing it with another hd just an 80 instead of a 60 and at the risk of sounding not quite bright how do i know where to start looking for the hard drive caddy on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it
take a look at this
http://harddrive.specs-com.com/acer/acer...
i think that answers your problem.
thank you ill try it i figure if its broke already how much more damage can i do to it
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Wear an antistatic earth strap remove the power lead from the power in put on the computer hope this helps
remove the side panels on on our computer you will see 4 screws 2 either side unscrew these then remove the electrical lead and the sata lead remebering where these are located slide the hard drive out then put your new sata hard drive in placing the leads back to there original position then tighten the screws (do not overtighten)
http://www.fonerbooks.com/laptop_1.htm
there are to many processes to type in so this link will provide details on removing and replacing hard drive in a laptop
hope it helps you
hope this helps
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