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Laptop hard drive will NOT come out
I have 2 laptops and I'm having trouble with both of them. My Grandsons gave them to me because they had broken them.
One, a "Gateway NV 55S" is completely messed up. The screen is nothing but squiggly lines. Can't even shut it off. Hope the hard drive still works.
The other one, an "Acer Aspire 5750" works well, but the password to the administrator is lost forever and I need to put on some programs that I need desperately. Grandson can't remember his old password.
I'm want to change out hard drives. I watched a ton of videos on how to do it and in ALL of them, the hard drive is held in with 2 to 4 screws. Once removed, it can then be gently slid out. The Gateway has 2 screw holes but NO SCREWS! And it can't be slid out at all. I'm afraid to use to much force but it looks like it's time to use a 16 pound sledge hammer just to get it's attention.
Any ideas on what I need to do to get it out?
Thank you,
FuzzyMinded