Michael, thanks for the link to the Dell docs.  I HAD downloaded the manual
from elsewhere but read it hastily and completely missed the part that shows
how to remove the HDD, which turned out to be extremely simple.

However, now I need to find a replacement drive.  I doubt if there'll be any
here in New Zealand - Dell pulled out of here a couple of years back.  Any
suggestions about where I should look?

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brown" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] dying Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop


> Dell has an online illustrated 3500 manual at:
> <http://support.jp.dell.com/docs/systems/pbldr/>
>
> The 'Removing and Replacing Parts' section is here:
> <http://support.jp.dell.com/docs/systems/pbldr/removing.htm>
>
> I recently had to do a complete motherboardectomy on a Dell 8000;
> the manual made it a LOT easier.

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