OT question on laptop hardware

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

That's interesting. The other laptop I have is a 1900, where the drive 
slides in. 
On 29 Jul 2002 at 14:19, Chuck Young wrote:
> My experience is there is a way to remove a "cradled HDD assy", either with screws (like a T-6) or by removing the battery and
> pressing an "ejector" button or somesuch bizarre maneuver.  If these fail, rtfm.
> 
> Once the assy is out, you'll need to unscrew the drive from the cradle and then you will likely encounter a printed circuit board
> made form copper and flexible plastic which interfaces from a standard notebook IDE drive (44 pins?) to a proprietary compaq
> physical connector, which adheres to the drive body with an adhesive "duct tape" type of glue.
> 
> With a blow dryer, heat the adhesive until it becomes workable and carefully peel it off the HDD.  Pop it on the new one and reverse
> the disassembly process to reinstall.  You may need to upgrade BIOS to see the new drive.

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