Sony VAIO PCG-933A Hard Drive Replacement

Turn the laptop upside down so that the top is sitting on a flat surface.

If you are looking at the bottom of the laptop the battery is located on the front right side of the laptop; the opposite side from the floppy disk drive.

As shown by the arrow, slide the plastic cover up and then pull out and downwards.

You should now be able to pull the battery out.

Remove the four 16 mm screws bordering the edge of the laptop using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the 4mm screw on the right rear side of the laptop next to the audio ports using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Flip the computer so the key board is facing up.

Slide the blue speaker grille (located above the keyboard) to the right and gently pull upward. The grille will still be connected by a white electrical strip.

Carefully pull out the white electrical strip. By doing this you will remove the speaker grille.

Remove the 4mm screw in the center using a Phillips screwdriver.

Carefully and slowly pull the green strip straight up (away from the laptop) to disconnect it. Make sure not to pull too hard to avoid breaking.

The keyboard can now be removed.

Remove the two 4mm Phillips screws in the center of the computer located on each side of the copper electrical strip.

Remove the four 4mm Phillips screws around the hard drive cage.

Carefully lift the hard drive cage out.

Carefully disconnect the copper strip to pull out the hard drive.

Remove the four 4mm Phillips screws that hold the hard drive in the hard drive cage.

Gently remove the hard drive from the cage.

Gently remove the copper electrical strip from the harddrive.