Removing harddrive

Figment · 29 January 2012 at 9:44PM

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »

Is the caddy a two part item or a one part item? I unscrewed four screws and an obvious metal piece came off but there's another metal part that is attached with another six screws (has writing and barcodes on) - is this part of the caddy or the HDD?

Also, the HDD still has the extra plastic bit that attaches inside laptop (sorry can't remember name) - do I keep this or include it with the caddy and laptop?

The caddy is usually held on with about 4 screws. it will be a very thin metal tray, with the screw tag that secures it to the chassis at one end. The other cover you're looking at should be the lid of the HDD. Don't undo the screws! (It should have the name and size of the disc printed on it.

Figment · 29 January 2012 at 9:48PM

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »

Above questions still puzzling me and I'm wondering if there's a second HDD to be removed from this model (dv1665eu)?

If this is what the underside of your laptop looks like, then #4 is the HDD bay, and there's only one HDD

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice · 29 January 2012 at 9:58PM

I think looking at this pic that the extra metal bit is, as you said, the lid of the HDD.

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I remembered the plastic bit is called connector adapter - which if I remember correctly from the last laptop I sold 6 years ago, needs to go with laptop and caddy, right?

Figment · 29 January 2012 at 10:01PM

Possibly. Does it have a lot of square pins (or sockets) on one side and one or more L shaped sockets on the other side?

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice · 29 January 2012 at 10:05PM

Yes, exactly as described.

Figment · 29 January 2012 at 10:13PM

Then you're correct that it's a connector adapter. If it has pins it converts SATA to IDE, sockets it's IDE to SATA. If you leave it with the laptop, new owner has the choice when it comes to buying a new HDD, but you will only be able to use the old HDD in a machine with the matching socket (i.e. IDE in IDE if the HDD has pins on one end (more likely) or SATA in SATA if it has L shaped sockets.

Mortgage_Reduction_Novice · 29 January 2012 at 10:20PM

Great.

Thanks to all for help and advice.

GunJack · 29 January 2012 at 10:32PM

Word of caution - especially on some HP models, the caddy and hdd won't fit properly without the IDE/SATA adapter in place, as they don't have the screw holes in the correct place within the base of the lappy to mount it. Check the alignment of the hdd and caddy with the securing screw holes to ensure it'll still fit correctly without the adapter if you're thinking of keeping hold of it...