I want to replace the hard drive of my Vaio VGN-S5M/S Laptop

[biologopaco]

I want to replace the hard drive of my sony laptop VGN-S5M/S, model PCG-6H2M. I have a new solid state drive that I want to use to replace the old one in the laptop.
I have been able to upgrade the memory, as is it is readily accessible from the bottom, but I was unable to figure out how to access the hard drive.
Does anybody have a service manual or repair guide, or happen to know how to replace the hard drive?

Thanks!

[Pascale_F]

Hi biologopaco,

Welcome to the community. 

Here are the Operating Instuctions for the VGN-S series. Have a browse there and let us know how you get on. 

Thanks, 

Pascale_F

[Blencogo]

Welcome!

It looks like the whole laptop needs to be disassembled to get at the hard drive.

The keyboard needs to be removed to get at the final screws.

I am sure I have some pictures somewhere but cannot find them at present (following a hard drive failure) I will need to look in backups.  Meanwhile, here is a text description which may be useful:-

https://www.interworks.com/en-gb/blog/bmasse/2010/01/29/how-remove-hard-drive-sony-vaio-s-series-lap...

[Blencogo]

Here you go!

Good Luck as it is not a simple replacement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7VI7aRv1I