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At present, there are two main ways to refit the notebook optical drive, one is to transform the notebook optical drive, and then install the hard disk, which is relatively troublesome. The other is to directly buy a "hard disk carrier" to install the hard drive, and then replace the CD-ROM drive.

As the price of the hard disk carrier is generally not expensive, many related goods can be found by searching for the "optical drive bit hard disk carrier" in a certain treasure, and the price is generally less than 20 yuan, so it is recommended to use this special hard disk carrier, which is relatively simple to use.

What is the hard disk carrier?

To put it simply, it is to replace the optical drive in the notebook computer and install a hard disk carrier in the location of the optical drive, so that you can install one more hard disk and let the notebook achieve dual hard drives.

The biggest advantage of notebook optical drive is that the built-in hard disk bit can be retained and an extra hard disk can be installed at the same time. For example, the realization of solid state + mechanical dual hard disk not only solves the problem of hard disk speed, but also solves the problem of capacity.

Notebook CD-ROM drive refit hard disk matters needing attention

There is a distinction between the size and interface of the notebook optical driver. if you do not know the size and interface of your laptop optical drive, you can check it online or consult the seller when you buy the hard disk bracket online. generally, they know more about compatible computers.

At present, the thickness of notebook optical drive is mainly divided into three specifications: 8.9mm, 9.0mm, 12.7mm, and most of the interfaces are SATA, IDE, SILM, and suction optical drive. There are many models. At present, only the optical drive with SATA interface supports the modification of hard disk bit. Therefore, before buying the hard disk bracket, you must understand it clearly to avoid incompatibility, time-consuming and laborious return and exchange.

Third, notebook CD-ROM drive disassembly and hard disk carrier installation diagram

1. Remove the notebook CD-ROM drive

To replace the notebook optical drive with the hard drive, you first need to remove the optical drive that comes with the notebook. Different notebook computers have different methods of removing the CD-ROM drive. Some notebooks are relatively simple, as long as you remove the CD-ROM drive fixing screws on the back, and then you can remove them.

Some notebooks may be troublesome to disassemble the optical drive, and there are more places that need to be dismantled, such as not only the fixed screws on the back, but also the screws on the sides, and some even have fixed screws on the optical drive under the keyboard, which is relatively complex. For example, the Lenovo Z500 notebook that was dismantled before the editor is like this, relatively troublesome.

On the whole, however, the removal of the notebook CD-ROM drive is relatively simple, and a Phillips screwdriver is generally enough. It is suggested that students who do not understand, according to their own notebook brand model, go to Baidu search under the machine tutorial, look at some pictures or video tutorials, generally understood in a second.

2. Install the hard disk bracket

After the hard drive carrier used to replace the laptop CD-ROM drive is purchased, first install the 2.5-inch hard drive on the hard drive carrier. It is recommended that the SSD should be installed in the original hard disk bit of the notebook, and the optical drive should be placed on the mechanical hard disk. Because of the slow speed of some old notebook optical drive interface, it is easy to affect the performance of SSD.

① first install the hard drive in the hard disk carrier and secure it with screws, as shown in the picture.

② will install the hard disk carrier in the notebook optical drive bit, as shown in the figure.

In fact, the operation is not difficult, mainly need to know in advance the thickness of their optical drive, interface, and then buy the corresponding bracket replacement installation. Finally, let's take a brief look at a few common questions.

IV. Frequently asked questions

1. Why is the notebook equipped with a hard drive carrier and the hard drive letter can not be found? There are three possibilities:

First of all, it is recommended to go to the official notebook website to download the new version of Bios update and upgrade according to the product model.

Boot into the notebook BIOS, if you can see the optical drive hard disk parameters (such as model), after entering the system can not see the hard drive letter, in this case, most of the hard disk is not formatted or the hard disk in other machinery with password protection, you can add the Widows disk management tool, the newly added hard disk format partition can be displayed.

2. After upgrading BIOS, why does the CD drive become a hard disk or cannot boot the system?

This is normal. Because, when some early notebook designs, did not consider to install the hard disk. Therefore, BIOS does not design the optical drive bit hard disk boot item. In this case, a fast hard disk, such as SSD, can be installed in the original hard disk warehouse inside the notebook as the main disk (system disk), while the optical drive hard disk is recommended to install a mechanical hard disk as a storage disk.

3. The hard disk carrier cannot be fixed in the laptop.

In this case, the iron sheet above the original notebook CD-ROM drive is generally removed and installed on the hard disk bracket.

The above is all the contents of the article "how to modify the hard disk of the laptop CD-ROM drive". Thank you for reading! I believe we all have a certain understanding, hope to share the content to help you, if you want to learn more knowledge, welcome to follow the industry information channel!

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