Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH Hard Drive Replacement

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Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH Hard Drive Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

30 - 45 minutes

Introduction

This is a guide to replace the hard drive in a Lenovo Legion Y530-15ICH laptop.

Credit to Kaylie Klausing for the first three pictures, as well as the steps themselves.

IMPORTANT:

  • Your OS will NOT be installed on the new hard drive. For guidance on reinstalling Windows, I recommend this guide from HP. This requires a flash drive (minimum 8Gb storage) or DL-DVD.
  • To transfer your files, I recommend the built-in Backup and Restore tool. This requires an external drive of at least the capacity of your current drive.
    • I personally transferred my data to a lower-capacity (500Gb) drive because I had only 80Gb taking up space on a 1Tb drive. This causes no problems, but is not recommended because of the possibility of a user's replacement drive not having enough space for their data.

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    • Shut down the computer and disconnect the power supply.

    • Using a PH1 screwdriver or bit, remove eleven screws securing the back cover.

    • Five 7mm screws

    • Two 6mm screws

    • Four 4mm screws

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    • Carefully pry the back cover off the computer using an opening pick.

    • Start at one of the rear corners of the laptop and work your way around the chassis, gently pulling up on the cover until it detaches.

    • Do not pull hard on the cover or attempt to open without picks, as I did, cracking the side of the rear cover.

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    • Remove four screws from the HDD case, mostly releasing it from the laptop.

    • Four 4mm screws

    • You might see a yellow piece of tape here. Peel it off carefully, right to left in this orientation, so that the blue plastic of the ribbon cable beneath is unmoved when it's gone.

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    • Use your prying tool or a spudger to flip up the FFC bail, the tiny black clamp shown here.

    • If the cable doesn't move freely after the bail is up, make sure it's pushed all the way back, and lightly tug the cable away from its clamp.

    • Pull only parallel to the board, and only after the bail is up.

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    • Once the screws are gone and the ribbon cable is safely disconnected, remove the hard drive with the casing from the rest of the computer.

    • Remove four screws from the casing, releasing the hard drive.

    • Four 3.5mm screws

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    • Remove the hard drive from the casing.

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    • This piece connects your hard drive to the computer. Remove it carefully, wiggling back and forth. Replace it on your new hard drive.

Conclusion

Once the ribbon cable piece has been attached to the new hard drive, just follow these steps in the reverse order.

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