Disassemble Thinkpad HDD?

Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter. Obviously, don't wanna
muck about with things i might possibly screw-up--but seems it has to
be done.

Anyone know how to do this without wrecking the drive or pulling out
the wrong pieces? Thanks in advance.


b.

Which ThinkPad Model is it?

On 10 Jun 2004 11:59:44 -0700,
(telegraphMelts) wrote:

>Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
>the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter. Obviously, don't wanna
>muck about with things i might possibly screw-up--but seems it has to
>be done.
>
>Anyone know how to do this without wrecking the drive or pulling out
>the wrong pieces? Thanks in advance.
>
>
>b.

I have two Thinkpads, one abut 5 years old and the other a couple of
years old, and neither one has a hard drive that you have to open up
to connect. The drive has a connector where it plugs into the laptop,
just unplug it and it should plug directly into your adapter.

Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/

(telegraphMelts) writes:
> Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
> the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter.

Whaaat? No, of course you don't. Jeez.

Paul Rubin <http://> writes:
> > Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
> > the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter.
>
> Whaaat? No, of course you don't. Jeez.

Oh wait, you don't mean the HDD itself, you mean the little holder
that slides into the slot in the Thinkpad. Just be a little careful,
take out the obvious screws, don't force things, if it doesn't open
then you left in some screws, so look for them. What model is it?

The a20m has double-sided tape to keep the drive attached to the caddy
IN ADDITION to 4 screws. Weird.


Paul Rubin <http://> wrote in message news:<>...
> Paul Rubin <http://> writes:
> > > Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
> > > the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter.
> >
> > Whaaat? No, of course you don't. Jeez.
>
> Oh wait, you don't mean the HDD itself, you mean the little holder
> that slides into the slot in the Thinkpad. Just be a little careful,
> take out the obvious screws, don't force things, if it doesn't open
> then you left in some screws, so look for them. What model is it?

G Tom wrote:
> The a20m has double-sided tape to keep the drive attached to the caddy
> IN ADDITION to 4 screws. Weird.
>

Yeah, the one in my 600e was like that too. Not good "policy," IMO. A
real bitch to separate the drive without bending the THIN caddy.



>
> Paul Rubin <http://> wrote in message news:<>...
>
>>Paul Rubin <http://> writes:
>>
>>>>Bought an old TP today; bought a 2.5"-3.5" adapter. Need to crack open
>>>>the casing on the HDD to hook-up the adapter.
>>>
>>>Whaaat? No, of course you don't. Jeez.
>>
>>Oh wait, you don't mean the HDD itself, you mean the little holder
>>that slides into the slot in the Thinkpad. Just be a little careful,
>>take out the obvious screws, don't force things, if it doesn't open
>>then you left in some screws, so look for them. What model is it?

FWIW, the initial poster has a 760el.

It's a 760EL, i think. 760-something, anyway. And yeah, just the
outside-casing, because that's what the guy at the shop told me i'd
have to do. But what i really wanna know is: Will i be able to put it
BACK inside the casing, and re-use the drive?

But i might just take the adapter back and buy a floppy from
somewhere, since it would cost about the same, anyway. (Just means
i'll have to wait longer to use this thing....)


b.

(telegraphMelts) writes:
> It's a 760EL, i think. 760-something, anyway. And yeah, just the
> outside-casing, because that's what the guy at the shop told me i'd
> have to do. But what i really wanna know is: Will i be able to put it
> BACK inside the casing, and re-use the drive?

Yeah, it shouldn't be a big deal.

> But i might just take the adapter back and buy a floppy from
> somewhere, since it would cost about the same, anyway. (Just means
> i'll have to wait longer to use this thing....)

I was never too crazy about the 760 series. They had that flexy
keyboard and they ran awfully hot.