topic Re: I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop in PCs & Accessories

I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop

biologopaco — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:59:33 GMT

I want to replace the hard drive of my sony laptop VGN-S5M/S, model PCG-6H2M. I have a new solid state drive that I want to use to replace the old one in the laptop.
I have been able to upgrade the memory, as is it is readily accessible from the bottom, but I was unable to figure out how to access the hard drive.
Does anybody have a service manual or repair guide, or happen to know how to replace the hard drive?

Thanks!

Re: I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop

Pascale_F — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 10:43:48 GMT

Hi biologopaco,

Welcome to the community.

Here are the Operating Instuctions for the VGN-S series. Have a browse there and let us know how you get on.

Thanks,

Pascale_F

Re: I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop

Blencogo — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:12:04 GMT

Welcome!

It looks like the whole laptop needs to be disassembled to get at the hard drive.

The keyboard needs to be removed to get at the final screws.

I am sure I have some pictures somewhere but cannot find them at present (following a hard drive failure) I will need to look in backups. Meanwhile, here is a text description which may be useful:-

https://www.interworks.com/en-gb/blog/bmasse/2010/01/29/how-remove-hard-drive-sony-vaio-s-series-laptop

Re: I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop

Blencogo — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:20:14 GMT

Here you go!

Good Luck as it is not a simple replacement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7VI7aRv1I