Toshiba Satellite e205 Hard Drive Replacement

With the battery away from you, slide the locking clips out.

Slide the battery away from you.

Use a spudger to carefully pry up the keyboard screw cover.

Remove the two screws securing the keyboard to the chassis.

Carefully tilt the keyboard towards you and release the ribbon cables.

Use a spudger if needed to release the latch. The latch slides out.

The keyboard is now free and can be set aside.

Remove the five black screws

Remove the one silver screw

Flip the laptop over so the bottom is facing up.

Using a spudger, remove the seven rubber inserts.

Remove the six silver screws.

Remove the one black screw.

Stand the laptop up on end.

Remove the two rubber inserts from the back of the laptop. One insert is on each side of the laptop.

Remove the two screews.

Carefully work a spudger in the crack at the back of the laptop and separate the small rubberized section from the bottom of the laptop.

Remove the four screws.

Disconnect the black wireless antenna lead.

The bottom of the laptop is now ready to lift off.

Carefully work a spudger around the seam of the laptop separating the bottom from the rest of the laptop.

Use a spuder to carefully disconnect the wire from the motherboard. Once this is free the bottom will come off.

Locate the hard drive.

Remove the three screws.

Slide the hard drive out away from the motherboard connector.

Once the hard drive is disconnected it lifts out.