Many laptop owners believe that they will never have to repair the hard drive of the laptop.In this case, such a groundless confidence.Any laptop originally developed taking into account the work in conditions of high vibration, shock, temperature effects.Used components and the construction itself are calculated on a similar operation, because of the laptop is expected that he will be able to operate normally, for example, during a drive on a dirt road.
Unfortunately, despite this, sometimes it is required to replace the hard drive in a laptop.Poorly parked heads, magnetic coating defect, malfunction of electronic circuits - causes failures can be very different.Well, if the warranty period to this point has not expired, but what if it ended?There are two solutions: the replacement of the hard drive in the laptop can be done by yourself or for a fee, to make this work in the service center.In fact, nothing complicated about this operation is not, and must be careful it can make even a schoolboy.
Let us remember how the replacement hard disk drive (HDD) in the "big brother" laptop - a personal computer:
- determined to use interface of the hard drive and motherboard;
- the decision on the amount of disk space;
- of the proposed market range selected the desired manufacturer.Taken into account the performance, noise level, additional functions.
This is so simple.Replacing a hard drive in a laptop requires adherence to the same items, with some additions.
Currently, there are two types of interface - parallel (PATA, IDE) and Serial (Serial, SATA).In today's computer models, the first is not used.Define it in two ways:
1. Remove the hard drive and inspect the connector to connect the loop.Narrow - is SATA, and a wide - IDE;
2. Using diagnostic programs (AIDA64, Sandra) determine the alphanumeric designation of the hard drive and through the network to find out full details about it.
Replacing a hard drive in a laptop suggests an important point - the selection of devices in size and shape.There sizes of 2.5 and 1.8 inches, you need to acquire is the same as the old one.The higher spindle speed, the more efficient model.
off the power, remove the battery.On the bottom side of the notebook can be seen separate cover, indicated by the icon of the cylinder.Unscrew the retaining screws to hook the cover and remove it.The hard disk is placed on a special platform skids.If they are screwed, and then unscrew the screws.Now gently pull the hard drive is sufficient to the opposite side of the connector.Poddevat it something not to be - on the slide a special plastic "tab" for the nomination of the device.It is necessary to disconnect the unit from the platform and in the reverse order to install a replacement.
After that, in rare cases, you may need to rewrite the system BIOS to a newer version.
