Introduction
If your Acer Aspire E5-571P-55TL is taking excessively long periods of time to open or run programs, your hard drive may need to be replaced. The hard drive is a physical disk that is constantly read from and written on, which leads to wear-and-tear over time. To see more common issues which may require hard drive removal, see our Acer E5-571P-55TL troubleshooting guide.
This guide will explain how to replace the hard drive for the Acer E5-571P-55TL. Before performing actions in this guide be sure to power off your laptop and remove the power adapter.
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Place the Spudger into the battery lock and slide it to the left until you hear the battery unlock.
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Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove each of the eighteen 8 mm screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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Carefully place your fingers underneath the top of the keyboard just below the screen.
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Pull upwards until you can hear the keyboard click out of place.
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Continue around the entire laptop, carefully pulling the keyboard and palm rest assembly slightly from the frame to reveal the ribbon connectors.
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After the keyboard is detached, unplug each of the three ribbon cables and remove the keyboard and palm rest assembly.
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Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the two 8 mm screws holding the hard drive carriage in place.
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Carefully unplug the ribbon cable running across the hard drive carriage and place it to the side.
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Remove the hard drive by sliding it to your right, away from the motherboard, next pull the hard drive towards yourself and away from the laptop.
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Once again using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the two 3 mm screws highlighted on each side of the hard drive case.
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Open the hard drive case to replace the hard drive.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
