Can the hard drive be swapped out? is it easily accessed or must I remove 20 screws?
177731
my computer "guys" added some memory without much difficulty. Replacing the hard drive is above my pay grade
1423756
Yes you can, you can buy a new SLIM HDD laptop drive and change it yourself, carefully and remember that by doing that you are probably voiding your warranty
891127
If you go to the Dell site you can look at or print a manual that is very detailed on how to add or replace your hard drives. You'll probably get a good idea of what you'll be dealing with.
165493
Yes , very easy to put in and replace , can also be used as an additional external laptop drive in container , any laptop ( huge range ) that uses 2.5" Serial ATA drives
330806
This unit does not come with a mounting bracket or screws. The mounting bracket is normally specific to whatever you are putting the hard drive in. For instance most laptops take a mounting bracket specific to that model. You will have to take the bracket off the old hard drive. Mike
2228040
I'd recommend you remove the existing drive in your Dell and measure it. If the measurements are the same, then this will work no problem. Removing your current drive should be fairly simple. Just undo screws on the underside and you should be able to pull it right out.
1220871
Doable, but stock drive probably has stuff you'd want to mirror to the replacement drive for that to work correctly.
1041672
you can remove the dvd drive and put a hdd caddy. I did it without problem.
442184
It only includes the drive. You have to make sure you have a SATA cable available. You also need screws, but it depends on your PC. Many new PC's do not use screws anymore. Instead they you reataining clips and brackets. On the otherhand, if you are replacing a bad drive, then you can just swap this one in its place.
641985
No this is a formatted pic hdd. You may be able to attempt an external hook up with it but not an internal swap. I'd do some Google searching though I'm not sure if this one will work externally due to its size.
279294
You are welcome to change out the hard drives without voiding your warranty.
1463809
The drives are replaceable but I don't know if you can use larger drives than what comes with it.
2036632
No, but taking it apart is fairly simple. It is a bunch of screws, but it's just a matter of unscrewing them and pulling the back off. That provides access to RAM, hard drive, wireless card, msata slot, and most everything else.
369235
In theory, no, but it is easy to unscrew the back if you are good at that stuff and then it's pretty much, just pop a new one in. In any event, a computer tech shouldn't have much trouble replacing it.
427203
I would probably say no. Its been my experience those things aren't removable. But you can always email the manufacturer. I do know that you can swap out the hard drive for one with more space or purchase an external so you cam back up files.
615952
You need a 2GB stick to replace the 1 GB one that comes with the computer. I did this and had no problem except for having to remove about 10 screws.
682535
One easy-swap bay, and one internal bay open. There's also the one with the DVD-RW drive, and the main HDD slot, so four total.