HP Pavilion 15-e043cl Hard Drive Replacement

ID: 155606

Description: This guide will teach you how to replace the...

Steps:

1. Flip the device over.
2. Slide the battery switch on the right half of the laptop.
3. Make sure the device is powered off, and that it is not connected to any power sources.

4. Lift the battery up and out of the device by the inward-facing edge.

5. Unscrew the single Phillips #0 captive screw that was previously hidden by the battery.
6. The screw can not, and should not, be fully removed.
7. Slide the maintenance panel away from the battery compartment to release it.

8. Unscrew the two black Phillips #0 screws securing the hard drive.
9. Lift the hard drive a few centimeters out of the laptop, with care not to damage the cable.
10. Unplug the hard drive from the laptop.