1. Remove the battery.
2. Remove the express dummy card.
3. Remove the keyboard.
4. Remove the memory door.
5. Remove the optical drive.
6. Remove the palm rest.
7. Remove the hinge cover.
8. Remove the display assembly.
9. Remove the WLAN mini-card
10. Remove the VGA board.
11. Remove the system fan.
12. Remove the system board.
13. Remove the screws that secures the hard drive bracket.
14. Slide the hard-drive module to release it from the system board
15. Remove the hard drive module from the system board.
16. Remove the screws that secures the hard-drive bracket on one side.
17. Remove the screws that secures the hard-drive bracket on the other side.
18. Slide the hard drive from the hard-drive bracket.