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Disassembling IBM ThinkPad A30 Floppy Disk Drive

Device	IBM ThinkPad A30
Difficulty	Very easy
Time	5 minutes
Steps	3

This guide is by Jessica on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

To take the floppy disk drive out, remove the battery first.

Step 1

• NOTE: Flip the ThinkPad over so that it is upside down.
• Slide the highlighted tab to the left.
• With your finger on the tab, remove the battery by lifting it upwards away from the laptop.

Step 2

• NOTE: Hold the Thinkpad as the picture shows.
• There is a switch located just above and to the right of the drive.
• Slide the switch to the right. A small, black tab will pop out.

Step 3

• Pull the small black tab away from the computer to access the drive.
• Gently pull the drive out from the laptop.
• If there is a problem with your tab, whether it doesn't pop out or it doesn't expose the floppy drive, please check the corresponding entry in the troubleshooting page.

Conclusion

To reassemble, place the floppy disk drive back into its bay the way it was facing before

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