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Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement

Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement

Walker Tortorigi

Walker Tortorigi and 5 other contributors

Last updated on July 8, 2023

10 - 15 minutes
Moderate

Introduction

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If you ever find yourself wishing you had more capacity in your laptop's hard drive, replacing your old one with a larger one might be the option for you. This guide will show you how to replace the old hard drive in a Toshiba Satellite with a new one.

What you need

Tools

  1. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Press down with your fingers while also applying a sliding motion on the latch buttons near the battery on the underside of your laptop.

  2. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Lift the battery upward with your fingers out of the battery compartment.

  4. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 3, image 1 of 3 Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 3, image 2 of 3 Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Place the laptop with the bottom facing up.

    • Remove the single 6mm Phillips #1 screw keeping the laptop panels in place.

  5. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the 8mm screw that is holding the hard drive in place.

  6. Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 2 Toshiba Satellite C55-A5100 Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Use your finger to lift the hard drive up.

    • Pull out the hard drive to the right.

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