Hard Drive Upgrade

• 1). Turn your Lenovo ThinkPad X200 laptop off and unplug any cables that are connected to the laptop.
  
  
• 2). Close the laptop monitor, lift the laptop up, and set it back down with the bottom of the laptop facing up. Rotate the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 laptop so that the back of the laptop is next to you. The battery is located in the lower-right corner.
  
  
• 3). Slide and hold the battery-lock latch, located above the left side of the battery, to the left, then pull the battery out of the battery bay with the other hand.
  
  
• 4). Locate the hard-drive cover along the middle-right edge of the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 laptop.
  
  
• 5). Remove the screw above the left-side of the hard drive cover using a Phillips screwdriver, then remove the hard-drive cover.
  
  
• 6). Grab the pull-tab in the center of the hard-drive bracket and pull the bracket out of the Lenovo ThinkPad X200 laptop.
  
  
• 7). Pull the rubber rails off the long sides of the hard-drive bracket, then remove the four screws from the edges of the hard drive bracket that secure it to the old hard drive.
  
  
• 8). Insert the new hard drive into the bracket, then replace the four screws that secure the hard drive to the bracket.
  
  
• 9). Press the two rubber rails onto the long sides of the hard-drive bracket, then slide the hard-drive bracket into the hard drive bay.
  
  
• 10
  
  Slide the cover back over the hard-drive bay and replace the screw that holds it into place.
  
  
• 11
  
  Insert the battery into the battery compartment and push it in until it clicks and locks into position.
  
  
• 12
  
  Turn the laptop right-side up.
  
  

Memory Module Upgrade

• 1). Follow Steps 1 through 3 in Section 1 to remove the battery.
  
  
• 2). Unscrew and loosen the two screws in the bottom corners of the memory module cover, located just above the left side of the battery bay--but do not take the screws out of the ThinkPad X200 laptop.
  
  
• 3). Lift and remove the memory module cover from the laptop.
  
  
• 4). Spread the retaining clips on the short sides of the memory module out, away from the module, causing it to tilt upward at a 45-degree angle.
  
  
• 5). Pull the old memory module carefully out of the memory module slot, then insert the new memory module into the slot.
  
  
• 6). Push the memory module down to lock it into position.
  
  
• 7). Replace the cover on the memory module compartment, then screw in the two screws that fasten it to the laptop.
  
  
• 8). Follow Steps 11 and 12 in Section 1 to replace the battery.