Introduction

This guide will help you to change your storage drive for Lenovo ThinkPad E470 in an easy and safe way.

Storage drives is used for sorting and retrieving data. Due to personal use or work requirement people needs more storage and faster read and write speed for their computer, change to a larger SSD will be a faster and cheaper choice than connect to a portable hard drive all day. We will show people how to restore the SSD to working order.

The hard drive could be replaced with any SATA hard drive with 2.5" wide, 7m high.

Before starting, you need to disconnect all power sources while operating and must follow the guide to disable the built-in battery.

Back up your hard drive is highly recommended before replace.

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    • Disconnect the power cord from your computer.

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    • Restart the computer and press F1 button rapidly to enter BIOS.

    • Select “Config,” then select “Power,” and press Enter.

    • Select “Disable Build-in Battery” and press "Enter."

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    • Place the laptop upside down to access the back panel.

    • Loosen the three screws on the back panel using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

    • Remove the back panel.

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    • Disconnect the battery plug.

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    • Disconnect the SATA cable for the storage drive from the computer.

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    • Loosen the screw on the storage drive using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Remove the storage drive.

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    • Take the storage drive out of the storage drive bracket.

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    • Disconnect the SATA cable from the storage drive.

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    • Connect the SATA cable to the computer. Remember to push the lip down.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Remember to push back the lid on the SATA connector.

Jinxiao Zhou

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