Removing hard drive

The hard drive can be removed and reconnected (reseating) by removing the screw/s on the bottom of the laptop. The hard drive compartment will have disk symbol. Open the laptop lid slightly before you slide out the hard drive. Insert the hard drive back into the laptop so it makes proper connection.replace the screw/s.
Boot up the laptop, if it does not boot up then power off and power up and press F1 to go into IBM BIOS setup - check to see if the hard disk is detected. If not then the hard disk is faulty and needs to be replaced then Windows needs to be installed on the new hard disk to get the laptop operating again.

The Hard Drive can be replaced by removing the cabin of CPU and the correctly remove the Port wire connected to it .And the hard drives are replaced by correctly placing the new Hard Drives to it. if You like my post please make a point for my Answer.

Most of the laptops have a separate cover for hard drives and in your case, you have to locate behind the computer, the cover (in actual size of the hard driver), that is where the hard drive is situated. Or else then you have to remove the whole cover to get access to the hard disk. Take caution when removing the cover, you will notice finger-like structures that are holding the two sides together, make sure you do not break one of them....Again take note of the cables that are connected from the motherboard or anywhere in the laptop to the cover, you really need to take note of those so that you can replace them accurately. If you are not sure of how to do this, then get a computer technician who is going to do this for you...at a cost of course

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Removing hard drive:
1. Pull the hard drive to the right side until it's disconnected from the motherboard.
2. Lift up the hard drive.
If you are replacing the hard drive with a new one, you'll have to transfer the mounting bracket to a new drive. Hope this helps, .Reply me for another instruction. Thanks.

Step 1 - Remove Screws Flip the entire laptop over and remove the battery.
There are a total of 4 screws you need to remove as depicted in the red circles.
Begin removing one at a time. Step 2 - Removing the Keyboard After you remove the four screws from the bottom chassis, flip the laptop over and take a look at the keyboard area.
Now look carefully at the top corners of the keyboard, there is a tiny little button that you need to push in order to release the keyboard.
Push it inwards with your screw driver or finger.
Push both the release keys while pulling the entire keyboard towards you.
Gently lift up the keyboard towards you, while flipping it over.
The keyboard has been removed!
Step 3 - Removing the Palmrest Looking inside, you will need to remove three screws as depicted in the red circles below. Next, gently slide the entire palm rest chassis towards you. Before you lift the palm rest, notice the delicate ribbon cable on the underside. Then lift it upwards, flipping it over. Be careful not to rip the ribbon cable that's connected!You now have access to the hard drive!
Step 4 - Removing the Hard Drive Remove three screws from the cage holding the hard drive as depicted below in the red circles. Next, gently remove the SATA cable from the hard drive. It may require a bit of effort to pull the SATA cable from the hard drive, just try to be gentle. Note that there is tape over the SATA cable underneath the hard drive making the SATA cable more difficult to pull out.
Be careful in this step not to rip the ribbon.

The hard drive is now removed!
The next step is to just remove the stock hard drive from its cage be removing the screws on the edges and replace it with the hard drive of your choice. Carefully screw it all back in place, slide the keyboard back in and power on your system!
Replacing Toshiba 120GB hard drive 5400RPM with Seagate 100GB 7200RPM 2.5? Hard Drive.
Enter the BIOS by pushing on F2 key during the VAIO boot screen. Ensure the proper hard drive is listed in the BIOS.
Insert your Windows XP or Recovery DVD disc to begin installing the operating system!

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You have to remove the panel on the back to get access to the hard drive. After removing the back panel, you remove the hard drive bracket, remove the old drive from the bracket and install the replacement. You can find the manual for that laptop here.

I ran into this same problem on the exact model laptop. The solution is to remove the two screws that are in the laptop hard drive on the right... Those are obvious... The next step is to remove the two little white space fillers that are to the left of the laptop hard drive on the furthest side from where you removed the screws. That allowed the entire hard drive to now slide to the left toward where those place/space holders were. (don't lose those white pieces) Once you have the hard drive slide all the way left away from the connectors that were holding it in place you can slide up one side of the Hard Drive and easily pull it out!

with the laptop upside down there will be a hard drive cover. On most Gateway machines, labels and stickers are often placed on the hard drive panel.
Remove the two screws. MAKE SURE you keep these screws in a safe place
Slide the enclosure out of the laptop.BE CAREFUL and slow as to NOT damage the drive.
Turn the enclosure over. The drive will be screwed to the enclosure. NOTE as This is actually an anti-static container, so again be careful when removing, to avoid static
Remove the screws to actually remove the drive. keep these screws as may be needed for the replacement hard drive

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The laptop can not detect the hard drive please remove the hard drive and then reseat it if the problem persist then replace the hard drive.

I would try removing the hard drive with the laptop turned off without the power adapter connected. Then reinstall the hard drive and reconnect the power adapter. Check in the BIOS to see if the hard drive is reconogized. If all this fails I recommend replacing the hard drive and reloading the operating system

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