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> The hard drive on my aging Sony vaio laptop crashed the other day. At
> least I assume its the hard drive as I get a disc read error when
> trying to boot and this is accompanied by clicking sounds which I
> assume is the heads on the hard drive.
>
> Ive been unable to recover the machine and so I thought I would
> confirm that the hard drive is definately the problem by plugging it
> into my desktop. To do this I need to remove the drive from my laptop
> and so I tried undoing all the screws on the bottom of the laptop but
> this still doesnt give me access to the internals. Ive searched
> high and low for instructions on how to open the case and remove the
> drive but found nothing. I get the impression this isnt meant to be
> done on this machine as Sony have made it as difficult as possible!
>
> Can anyone offer any advise on how to remove the hard drive from my
> sony Vaio VGN-A117S? If I ever get the drive out (without wrecking
> the machine) and confirm it is faulty then I plan to replace the
> drive. Ive found plenty of online stores that sell replacement
> drives but not one of them gives instructions on how to go about doing
> this!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul.
>
>

>
> Well heres one.....(google is your friend)...dont know ehether its the
> same as yours...http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jpc/vaio/- Hide quoted text -
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>> Well heres one.....(google is your friend)...dont know ehether its the
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> Thanks, but Ive already seen this one, and no, its nothing like my
> machine!
>

> Milleniumaire wrote:
> >> Well heres one.....(google is your friend)...dont know ehether its the
> >> same as yours...http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jpc/vaio/-Hide quoted text -
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> > Thanks, but Ive already seen this one, and no, its nothing like my
> > machine!
>
> Manuals etc. found

> The hard drive on my aging Sony vaio laptop crashed the other day. At
> least I assume its the hard drive as I get a disc read error when
> trying to boot and this is accompanied by clicking sounds which I
> assume is the heads on the hard drive.
>
> Ive been unable to recover the machine and so I thought I would
> confirm that the hard drive is definately the problem by plugging it
> into my desktop. To do this I need to remove the drive from my laptop
> and so I tried undoing all the screws on the bottom of the laptop but
> this still doesnt give me access to the internals. Ive searched
> high and low for instructions on how to open the case and remove the
> drive but found nothing. I get the impression this isnt meant to be
> done on this machine as Sony have made it as difficult as possible!
>
> Can anyone offer any advise on how to remove the hard drive from my
> sony Vaio VGN-A117S? If I ever get the drive out (without wrecking
> the machine) and confirm it is faulty then I plan to replace the
> drive. Ive found plenty of online stores that sell replacement
> drives but not one of them gives instructions on how to go about doing
> this!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul.
>

> Milleniumaire wrote:
> > The hard drive on my aging Sony vaio laptop crashed the other day. At
> > least I assume its the hard drive as I get a disc read error when
> > trying to boot and this is accompanied by clicking sounds which I
> > assume is the heads on the hard drive.
>
> > Ive been unable to recover the machine and so I thought I would
> > confirm that the hard drive is definately the problem by plugging it
> > into my desktop. To do this I need to remove the drive from my laptop
> > and so I tried undoing all the screws on the bottom of the laptop but
> > this still doesnt give me access to the internals. Ive searched
> > high and low for instructions on how to open the case and remove the
> > drive but found nothing. I get the impression this isnt meant to be
> > done on this machine as Sony have made it as difficult as possible!
>
> > Can anyone offer any advise on how to remove the hard drive from my
> > sony Vaio VGN-A117S? If I ever get the drive out (without wrecking
> > the machine) and confirm it is faulty then I plan to replace the
> > drive. Ive found plenty of online stores that sell replacement
> > drives but not one of them gives instructions on how to go about doing
> > this!
>
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> > Paul.
>
> I have only a photo of the top of this notebook, but...
>
> Take a look at the strip just above the keyboard. On many Vaio
> notebooks, this strip is the entry point - it slides to the left about
> 3/8 inch (9 cm), lifts up, and exposes the keyboard screw(s). This
> strip has formerly been fixed by a screw on the left margin, sometimes
> hidden by a flap over a USB port, etc. If there is no screw, then it
> might just be removed by a leftward pressure on the strip.
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