Build your own laptop

Step 10: Install Hard Drive

To install the hard drive, you will need to take the cradle out of the computer. This should be a little metal cage that is 2.5 inches wide and about 3.5 to 4 inches long. It will either slide out of the side of the computer or may be behind a panel in the bottom of the computer. It may be held in with a screw.

Once you have the cradle out, put the hard drive in the cradle and screw it into the cradle.

Replace the cradle with the hard drive into the computer.