Sony Vaio A317 - Help Required Please

Housey

Housey

Housey

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Hi,

About 18 months ago I made the foolish mistake of buying a Sony Laptop, something I always told myself I should never do! Anyway, the hard disk seems to have failed and I am unable to restore it from the backup disks, something I have managed with success before it went down.

So, first question, does anyone have the slightest idea where the Hard Disk is located? I bought a workshop manual from eBay, and that was useless and I have removed every single screw and still I am no wiser, finding everything else bar the bloody hard disk :mad:

Could anyone who knows this laptop give me a few pointers? I am not a ludite, have built plenty of PC's with success but not at the level of some of you chaps and when it comes to this flipping thing I have no idea. Also, does anyone know where I can download a self booting CD for disk repair and diags, all legal of course as I am aware they are out there.

All help greatly appreciated.
 
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take out all the screws from the base making sure you keep them in the correct order as some are different lengths, flip the unit over, using a small flat screw driver press the keyboard retaining clips and gently pull it up and undo the connector carefully its very delicate, now you should see some other screws in the top case assembly maybe in recessed holes take them out, also remove the ribbon cable from the touch pad very carefully, and any other cables that maybe attached to the top case as when you pull the top case up they will break if not disconnected, you should now see the hard drive on the left or right front in a caddy, unscrew and disconnect again carefully, replace drive and reassemble taking care with the connectors

please bear in mind this is a rough guide and its been a while since ive seen one of these so some of this info is from memory, basically do it at your own risk
hth
 
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