IBM ThinkPad 600E Hard Drive Disk Replacement

Kevin Nguyen and 5 other contributors

Last updated on November 17, 2022

5 - 10 minutes

Moderate

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Introduction

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This guide will show you how to replace your hard drive disk. Several reasons why you would want to replace your hard drive is because you want to increase your memory or it is faulty or broken.

What you need

Fix Kits

These kits contain all the parts and tools needed to complete this guide.

Parts

Tools

Step 1 Battery

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Flip the laptop over and find the battery latch.

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Step 2

Move the latch to the side with the unlocked symbol.

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Step 3

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Pry the battery out using your fingers.

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Step 4 Hard Drive Disk

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Put on the anti-static wrist trap and clip it to a large metal object.
If you do not have an anti-static wristband, make sure to touch a large metal object to ground yourself before beginning to work on your replacement. Occasionally touch the metal object.

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Step 5

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Using a coin, remove the coin screw by turning counterclockwise.
It's best to use a thicker coin, such as a nickel.

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Step 6

Using a plastic spudger, pry off the plastic cover by pulling it out.

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Step 7

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Utilizing your fingers, untuck the tab and pull to remove the hard drive.

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Step 8

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Using a screwdriver, remove the screws by turning them counterclockwise to remove the bracket.
four 3mm PH0 screws
The metal bracket is still attached with a weak adhesive tape, gently pry it off with a spudger.