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The hard drive failed ran HP diagnostic. the hard drive is on the board so I am told. I have never replaced a hard drive on the board.  Any help of where to find information on how to would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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No not on the board. 

 

Manual

 

See p. 43. Not super easy to access, but possible to remove and replace with a different hard drive or even a 2.5 inch SATA SSD. 

 

Post back if you need more help. 

 

This would be an exact replacement but there are faster/better options if you want to spend a bit more:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-1TB-Laptop-Hard-Drive/dp/B00DCM91WQ/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1480461339&s...

 

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No not on the board. 

 

Manual

 

See p. 43. Not super easy to access, but possible to remove and replace with a different hard drive or even a 2.5 inch SATA SSD. 

 

Post back if you need more help. 

 

This would be an exact replacement but there are faster/better options if you want to spend a bit more:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-1TB-Laptop-Hard-Drive/dp/B00DCM91WQ/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1480461339&s...

 

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Would any 2.5 drive work and what are the faster options. The other problem I have is I lost the operating system right

 

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Any 2.5 inch SATA drive 7 mm thick will work which includes some hard drives (often they are thicker) and all solid state drives. Solid state drives and hybrid drives are faster, and solid state drives are way, way faster. A 500 gig solid state drive will cost around $125 for example. Post back if you want to explore that. 

 

If the laptop had Windows 10 on it and activated, you can download directly from Microsoft a DVD image or thumb drive image to replace Windows 10 on your laptop. Apps must be replaced separately and you can get drivers here, but at least you can get Windows itself for free. 

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Hi, Could u please send me the think to the manual on how to open the case the the laptop

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It's the link in my first post that says "Manual" and here is a video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6KxAly9cQ

Bought this laptop from eBuyer and noticed there aren't any guides showing you how to replace the HDD/SSD; so here you go! If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them for you. Enjoy! Don't forget to like, comment & subscribe for more videos!
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Hi, Harddr removed and replaced with your great help. The video was right on. You mentioned before about obtaing an image for the operating system due to the drive going bad. Could you please explain how to go about doin g so. Thanks so much for all your help. tim

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Just google Microsoft Media Creation Tool. It will take you to a  site where you can download a disk (DVD) image or thumb drive image and create a Windows 10 reinstallation medium. As I said, you can then find drivers and (some) apps here.

 

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