remove cover for hard drive on HP laptop

Nadine H · 08-06-2009, 03:08 PM

I need to replace the hard drive on an HP Pavilion ze5700 laptop PC. I have taken out the screws and am trying to remove the cover. It is very resistant. I don't want to damage it. Can ANYONE tell me how to remove this cover. I spent more than an hour on the HP website searching and chatting with support. They provided a video for a different model laptop. There are arrows, but I don't know if they are pointing at how to put it in or take it out. HP support was NOT helpful at all. PLEASE help. (Can you tell how frustrated I am?)

TIA
Nadine

joeten · 08-06-2009, 03:23 PM

hi and welcome was this the video http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...product=455046 if so please got to hp support website http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/support.html and enter the exact model details,on the new page in the secondary search bar enter replace optical drive you should then get some info on how to remove it

Madcatz · 08-06-2009, 03:28 PM

There are no disassembly docs on HP's technician site.

Is it possible for you to take a picture of the cover and post it? HP's have alot of different ways to take out the hard drive, some are tricky, some arn't.

If its a full size cover, then it either pulls up, or slides out.

**ahmorrow** · 08-06-2009, 09:19 PM

There's usually a symbol on HPs that look similar or a stack of cd's kinda like (O)))

That is where the hard drive is. You may need to remove a rubber screw cover or it may be plain as day and you'll feel really stupid :-)

08-06-2009, 03:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nadine H Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Win XP	remove cover for hard drive on HP laptop I need to replace the hard drive on an HP Pavilion ze5700 laptop PC. I have taken out the screws and am trying to remove the cover. It is very resistant. I don't want to damage it. Can ANYONE tell me how to remove this cover. I spent more than an hour on the HP website searching and chatting with support. They provided a video for a different model laptop. There are arrows, but I don't know if they are pointing at how to put it in or take it out. HP support was NOT helpful at all. PLEASE help. (Can you tell how frustrated I am?) TIA Nadine

08-06-2009, 03:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,216 OS: vista	Re: remove cover for hard drive on HP laptop hi and welcome was this the video http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...product=455046 if so please got to hp support website http://welcome.hp.com/country/uk/en/support.html and enter the exact model details,on the new page in the secondary search bar enter replace optical drive you should then get some info on how to remove it __________________

08-06-2009, 03:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Madcatz Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,420 OS: XP/7/Server 2008 My System	Re: remove cover for hard drive on HP laptop There are no disassembly docs on HP's technician site. Is it possible for you to take a picture of the cover and post it? HP's have alot of different ways to take out the hard drive, some are tricky, some arn't. If its a full size cover, then it either pulls up, or slides out. __________________ memtest86+ \| Hard Drive Diags \| Speed Fan \| Unknown Device Identifier

08-06-2009, 09:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
ahmorrow God (TSF Enthusiast) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 905 OS: Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] My System	Re: remove cover for hard drive on HP laptop There's usually a symbol on HPs that look similar or a stack of cd's kinda like (O))) That is where the hard drive is. You may need to remove a rubber screw cover or it may be plain as day and you'll feel really stupid :-) __________________ If I have not responded to a post in 24 hours or more, PM me with a link to the thread and I'll get back to you. I do not help via PM/IM/Email.