Laptop harddrive has died?

sam_jm

i'm by no means an expert but i think my harddrive has finally packed in.

I'm getting a disk read error upon startup, and i can hear a horrible whirring noise, which i assume is my knackered harddisk

I was wondering if anyone could advise me on how difficult this is to replace, as i hope to be able to do it myself. im hoping i just pull the old drive out and replace it with a new one. its a Toshiba Equium A60 and about 3 or 4 years old.

if you could point me towards any guides on the web i would be most grateful

Sam

Browntoa

last Toshiba I took to bits had the hard disk hidden under the CD drive, turn it upside down, look where the Cd drive is and there is normally a screw in the middle at the back, remove this and the drive will slideforward.

once out you should see the HDD held in by 4 screws, remove these and the drive will com out by pulling forward and up

Browntoa

found a manual here

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_manuals.jsp?service=UK

not sure whats in there, also a link to the drivers you'll nedd underneath

sam_jm

thanks for the help browntoa, its much appreciated