Dell Inspiron 15R Hard Drive Replacement

Written By: Trixie Gonzalez

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Dell Inspiron 15R Hard Drive Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

Time Required

10 - 15 minutes

Introduction

Demonstrating step-by-step this guide will show you how to replace your hard drive.

Tools

Parts

Step 1

Turn the device over and locate the battery.

Step 2

Place thumbs on each latch and push outwards.

Step 3

Push and slide the battery away from you.

Step 4

Locate the RAM compartment and the screw on the right hand side. Remove the cover.

Step 5

Locate and remove the 2.5 mm x 5 mm screw on the upper right hand side of the compartment.

Step 7

Using your index finger, push down on the F1 and F7 keys.

Step 8

Using your index finger, push down on the x icon and Home keys.

Step 9

Locate the keyboard lining (between the black and silver).
Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the F1 and F7 keys and pull up.

Step 10

Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the x icon and Home keys and pull up.

Step 11

Carefully pull and turn the keyboard over.

Step 14

Turn laptop over and remove the bottom four screw covers outlined in red.
Then remove the three base screws.

Step 15

Turn laptop over and open it. Locate and remove the five palm rest screws.

Step 16

Locate the palm rest cables. Lift the black levers and unplug the blue cables.

Step 18

Close cover and turn laptop over. Locate and remove the four hard drive screws.

Step 21

Remove the hard drive connector.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

One comment

Shoot! My Dell Inspiron 15R is different. Mine has an almost full length cover (11.6”) by 3” wide on the bottom. The hard drive and memory sticks are under that cover. I’m just not sure what else to remove to replace the drive with an SSD.

Adrian Kocurek - 21/03/18