just to update - managed to get the old drive out eventually - broke a screwdriver and squeezed my hand in there. Whoever designed the case should be shot. Anyway installed and set up new hard drive in no time. Cheers for the help.

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ah bollocks. First time i step into trying to fix my computer myself and its a tough case. Well dan could you find out how i do this hard drive removal then please?

hard bloody work, my cous had one

wot u mean dan?

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Originally posted by koolkorsa
it a hewlett packard pavilion mini tower case.

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oh no i get you, you mean just the hard drive holder will be removable. argh. I thought u meant the whole holder for the full set of drives would be removable, cos it looks a lil bit like that.

it a hewlett packard pavilion mini tower case. about 4 or 5 years old. I think that removable caddy might be the answer. I'd have to remover the cpu and heat sink then though.

ah right i think i get y yer asking a a right angled screwwdriver now :lol:

sould like a right complicated layout. Is the computer old or new.

Old ones can be a right pain in the ass to get appart but this is very strange if the comp is newish.

are u deffo sure the screws have to come out?

yeh the hard drive "caddy" will be removable... hunt down a screw or try tuggin in a couple of directions probs just stiff

both sides of the case come off. But the one side there is in the internal structure of the case with the motherboard attacthed to it. So no way through there!

both side of the case should come off

mines held in by a bar that u push up and the hdd a cdroms just slide out .

jesus im confused!

some of the caddys holding the hdd with slide up and out .......or unsrew itself


some wont

blah screwdriver..

get yerself a pliers and loosen it with that then use yer fingers.

Failing that get the hacksaww out to it :thumbs:

rite, well u know the stack of drives at the front of your computer? You've got CD drives at the top, then hard drive beneath them. Well trying to remove the hard drive. As i can see it is attached with 2 screws on the left and 2 screws on the right. The 2 screws on the left were easy to remove because i could access them by removing the left hand side of the case. But the 2 on the right are nearly impossible to reach because the right hand side of the case does not remove as far as i can see - the motherboard is attached to it. Understand?

ok... lost without a picture :lol:

Well basically the hard drive was attatched in a cradle sort of thing to the main set of drive bays, underneath the cd roms. There were 2 scews on the top to undo the hard drive. But theres another 2 underneath which are virtually impossible to reach!

never seen a case tht need a right angled driver b4 and workd on pc's for years??? sure it aint just a cady maybe a screw behinde front casing to release the section the hard drive sits in

iv got a socket set with a ratchet at home but thats too big. Need something really small for gettin inside a computer case. The vertical bit needs to be under 1 inch high, cos thats all the clearance i got.

i got a set from halfords

screwdriver socket?

bit of a random question - but to take out my pc hard drive i need a right angled screw driver i think. Anybody know where i can get a really small one from?