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Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53-52FA Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

In this guide, you will be instructed on how to replace the hard drive on your laptop. Your hard drive acts as a long-term memory for your computer, and the greater your hard drive’s capacity, the more work you can store on your computer.

If you are curious of how much space you currently have, check this link out.

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    • Place the laptops with bottom facing up.

    • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the single 4.0 mm screw holding the black plastic HDD cover.

    • Use the pry tool to remove the black plastic HDD cover.

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    • Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm screws holding the HDD bracket in place.

    • Remove the HDD from the chassis.

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    • Unplug the HDD from the SATA port.

    • Remove HDD from bracket.

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    • Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 4 mm screws holding the back hard drive bracket.

    • Remove the bracket from the device.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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