The computer notebooks help provide information for upgrading notebook DVD drives. They are also built to last with good functional design and convenient access covers for all th
e major components that can be either upgraded or replaced. The DVD is probably the easiest to replace. It has only one screw holding it in place. To begin you will need a small Phillips screwdriver and a clean ant-static work area. First remove the battery and then the hold down screw and slide the DVD outwards. It is plugged in, so it should not take very much force to pull it out. Once removed just slide the new one in and replace the hold down Phillips screw. Replace the battery and turn the notebook on and make sure the new DVD device is working.
drive you should consider a 7200 RPM and 16MB buffer instead of the slower 54ooRPM and 8MB buffer. Also if your notebook is compatible with the newer SATA drives you will see a noticeable improvement over the older ATA drives. ATA drives have a maximum sustained transfer rate of less than 50MB per second. The newer SATA drives are almost double that at less than 100MB per second. The only thing that beats that is the newer more expensive solid-state drives that can reach 200MB per second. It wont be long and solid-state drives will be the norm. To begin the replacement of the hard drive you will need a small Phillips screwdriver and a clean anti-static work area. On the underside on the computer make sure power is off and the battery is removed. Next remove the 2 small Phillips screws holding the hard drive in place. Next remove the drive and the drive caddy.
Place the new drive in the caddy and secure it back in place in the notebook. Replace the battery and boot the computer to either a bootable operating system install disk or a bootable flash drive that has the
operating system install files. I have a YouTube video concerning installing Windows XP from a flash drive.