First you'd have to go and look up the manuals for your specific notebook and how to disassemble it enough to be able to get at the hard drive. Some OEMs may even sell a pre-setup "upgrade kit" that you can use to be able to attach a new notebook hard drive, clone the data from one to another and then physically replace the internal hard drive. In this case, you can then still use the other drive externally. However, not all notebooks are created equal, and some are much more frustrating to get at than others. For example, Apple's Macbook makes it rather easy to get to replacing its internal hard drive compared to the MacBook Pro; of course, that's assuming you also had a screwdriver with a torx head or torx bits for your tools. Ultimately, what may be easier for the now is to get an external hard drive. But between the different choices, I would highly suggest using a firewire external hard drive as opposed to USB. USB may be rated for a higher speed, but this rating only applies for the maximum *burst* speed; USB also has its I/O operations performed in software. Firewire's is rated for maximum SUSTAINED throughput (which is much more important for a hard drive) and its I/O ops are handled within the hardware controllers used.
why dont you start by unscrewing things and take the laptop apart. Havent you ever toyed with something? Its fun and you learn stuff. Once you open it, locate the hard drive, remove the power and hdd connector, then install the new harddrive, power and hdd connector
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