Toshiba Satellite L305-S5946 Hard Drive Replacement

Turn the laptop upside-down.

Position the laptop so that the display hinges are facing away from you.

Slide the left battery bay latch to the left.

Slide the right battery bay latch to the right and hold.

While holding onto the latch, use a plastic opening tool to lift and remove the battery bay cover.

Remove the battery.

Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to loosen the two screws on the bottom left-hand side of the hard drive cover.

Turn each screw until you hear a click.

• These are captive panel screws and remain with the cover.

Lift the hard drive cover using a non-marring plastic opening tool.

• This will expose the hard drive.

Slide the hard drive to the left using your fingers.

Insert a plastic opening tool under the right side of the hard drive.

Carefully lift and remove the hard drive.