How to remove a Hard Drive

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From Nathan B.
Lexington, Massachusetts The United States of America

IBM DTLA-307030 laptop disk

Drive is seen in BIOS, but makes spinning and clicking sound, can't be accessed by XP
- Tried running chkdsk, didn't help - also upgraded firmware, that didn't help either
- Drive is seen in BIOS, but seems like more than software recovery.

After recovery:

Dear Sirs,
Got the hard disk back - thanks a lot! Everything looks great so far!!!
- Nathan

From John L.
Madison, NC USA

Toshiba MK8025GAS laptop disk

The hard drive is very clicking now and it failed overnight; has not been opened

After recovery:

I am so grateful for your work in getting and saving the data files for me. I bet you get it all the time from clients, as you do a superior service...

From James G.
Olathe, KS USA

Maxtor 6Y080L0 external disk

The hard drive is making persistent clicking sound.

After recovery:

Thank you for your outstanding services, we appreciate that very much...

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HDD removal instructions for Hewlet-Packard and HP Compaq Laptop

Learn how to remove a failed hard drive from Hewlet-Packard and HP Compaq notebook computers. A few examples will help you to get the general idea about removing drive from every model of Acer laptop.

Below are shown few illustrated sapmles how to remove a failed hard drive from HP and HP Comaq notebook computer.

HP Pavilion ze4100, ze4200, ze4300, ze4400, ze4500, ze4600, ze4700, ze5200, ze5300, ze5400, ze5500, ze5600
HP Compaq nx9000, nx9005, nx9008, nx9010 Notebook PC,

Compaq Evo Notebook N1010v & N1050v Series,
Compaq Presario 1100, 2100 & 2500 Series Mobile PC ...

1.On the bottom of the notebook, remove the hard disk drive rubber screw plugs and the screws. The number of plugs and screws varies by model.

2. Carefully pull the hard disk drive out of the notebook. There is usually a pull tab, or handle to remove the drive.

3. Remove bracket from the hard drive.

Generic drive removal tips for any HP & Compaq Laptop

Turn off your computer. Remove the battery
Locate the hard disk bay on you computer
Remove screws securing the hard drive cover and remove the hard drive

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Some more drive removal instructions for Acer Laptops:

Do not forget to remove the bracket and a connector bar from the hard drive, if they used on your model.

Keep them for the new drive installation.