How to open cover: HP Pavilion - 17-ar007ca

[adunowski]

I have an HP Pavilion - 17-ar007ca. Its dead with a black screen and I'm trying to remove the hard drive to backup the data.

I can't find any maintenance manuals or anywhere that shows how to open up the cover to replace the hard drive.

PLEASE HELP.

Andrew

[EddyK]

Hello adunowski,

Maintenance and Service Guide here. There are 12 total screws that hold the bottom cover. This is detailed on pages 25-26.

Before you proceed to remove the bottom cover, make sure to follow the steps on pages 24-25 on removing the optical drive.

Hard drive related stuff is on pages 28-29.

Hope this helps,

Eddy

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