Replacing a hard drive is a pretty easy task that anyone can complete with a little help.
In other words, don’t worryyou can do this!
See the section at the very bottom of this page for more information.
Maritsa Patrinos @Lifewire
How Do I Replace a Hard Drive?
Uninstalling the existing hard drive is easy.
see to it your machine is turned off and then disconnect the hard drive and physically remove it.
Installing the new hard drive is as simple as reversing the steps you took touninstallthe one you’re replacing!
Secure the drive where the old one was before, and then reconnect the same power and data cables.
Are you replacing your primary hard drive that the operating system is installed on?
Need a Walkthrough?
Below are links to illustrated guides that will walk you through the hard drive replacement process.
ASATAhard drive is the newer style hard drive with the thin 7-pin cables.
Even emptying the Recycle Bin can, in some cases, free upgigabytesof data in just a few seconds.
Another option is to offload large and rarely used files to acloud storage service.
There are lots offree hard drive testing programs, so you don’t need to pay to do this.
