{"id":376,"date":"2011-10-01T11:53:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=376"},"modified":"2018-01-30T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T22:53:46","slug":"remove-lenovo-g770-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/remove-lenovo-g770-hard-drive.html","title":{"rendered":"Remove Lenovo G770 Hard Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2012-12-06 replace hard drive with SSD<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1JKwXNXzUw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Since I have to remove the hard drive to install Chameleon to dual boot Windows 7 &amp; Lion, I documented the procedure for later if I need to do it again. The hard drive on my Lenovo G770 is 750GB Western Digital Green (this may be the problem why dual booting with EasyBCD doesn&#8217;t work). Anyhow, this is the way I did mine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>1. Remove battery, charge cable, make sure there&#8217;s NO POWER connected. Ground yourself to make sure there is no static charges that can damage electronics components.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2. Remove the plastic cover with 2 removable bigger screws and 4 small attached screws (have locks on screws).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"back plastic cover\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove30.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"back plastic cover\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove30.JPG\" alt=\"back plastic cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove31.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove back cover screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove31.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove32.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove32.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove33.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove back cover screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove33.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove34.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove34.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove35.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove back cover screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove35.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove36.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove 6 screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove36.JPG\" alt=\"remove 6 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"lift the back cover from left up\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_coverin.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"lift the back cover from left up\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_coverin.JPG\" alt=\"lift the back cover from left up\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>There are 2 screws holding the hard drive and bracket to the chassis, remove these 2 screws and slide the case out (toward the front)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"remove 2 screws\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove38.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"remove 2 screws\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove38.JPG\" alt=\"remove 2 screws\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em><\/em><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"slide the case back (toward the front)\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove40.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"slide the case back (toward the front)\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove40.JPG\" alt=\"slide the case back (toward the front)\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lift the hard drive and bracket out, there are 4 screws holding the hard drive to the bracket, if you have <a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"external sata usb adaptor\" href=\"\/media\/usbi860\/sm_usbi86006.JPG\">usb sata external adapter<\/a>, to connect you don&#8217;t have to remove the bracket, just leave everything and connect to the usb adapter. But if you want to replace the hard drive, remove the 4 screws, take out the hard drive and replace with a new one. AGAIN, MAKE SURE TO GROUND YOURSELF (touch some computer case that plugged in-grounded or wear ground strap to pc case).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"hd is out\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_lenovohdin1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"hd is out\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_lenovohdin1.JPG\" alt=\"hd is out\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"wear ground strap\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_lenovohdin.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"wear ground strap\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_lenovohdin.JPG\" alt=\"wear ground strap\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"hd is out\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove41.JPG\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"hd is out\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove41.JPG\" alt=\"hd is out\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" rel=\"lightbox[hdd]\" title=\"2 screws on each side\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/sm_hdremove42.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"2 screws on each side\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/removehd\/tn_hdremove42.JPG\" alt=\"2 screws on each side\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All the grounding yourself is a good precaution on working with any electronic devices. If you work next on a computer, lamps, anything that electrical with metal case plugged in to AC socket, considered grounded. When you touch these cases, metal body, you&#8217;re discharged any electrical static charges through earth ground. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Be safe,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>idog<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012-12-06 replace hard drive with SSD Since I have to remove the hard drive to install Chameleon to dual boot Windows 7 &amp; Lion, I documented the procedure for later if I need to do it again. The hard drive on my Lenovo G770 is 750GB Western Digital Green (this may be the problem why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/remove-lenovo-g770-hard-drive.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-remove-hard-drive-lenovo"],"views":9716,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6754,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions\/6754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}