Hard drive acts as a storage for your system and it is the nonvolatile memory storage device. Not all hard drives are of the same size and because of their sizes the location of a hard drive may vary depending on your laptop model. If you find any issue in your hard drive and want to repair or replace it; it’s important for you to find its location in your laptop. Before that lets discuss the types of hard drives normally used with laptops:

Types of Hard drives

There two main types of hard drives, internal hard drive and external hard drive, they both are different in terms of their functionalities:

1: External Hard Drive

It is a portable mini device that can be connected to a laptop via USB port. These drives are of high data storage capacity and have greater data transfer speed too.

2: Internal Hard Drive

It is the primary storage drive located inside the laptop, it usually contains pre-installed applications, software. Most laptops have more than 1 hard drive.

What is the Location of a Hard Drive in Your Laptop?

Hard drive is the data storage drive, installed in the laptop. It is found inside the case and connected to the motherboard through a data cable and to the power supply with a power cable. Hard drive is located on different positions on a laptop depends on the models:

1. 1. Bottom mounted hard drive
   2. Front mounted hard drive
   3. Side mounted hard drive

1: Bottom Mounted Hard Drive

Bottom mounted hard drives are present beneath the laptop and to find its location simply turn over your laptop and there will be a sign of a hard drive, that is the bottom mounted hard drive. To open the bottom mounted hard drive, unscrew the laptop’s casing with the help of a screw driver.

2: Front Mounted Hard Drive

These hard drives are present in the front side of the laptop i.e., facing you. To remove or replace a front mounted hard drive you need to turn over the laptop by remembering its front end is facing you and then remove the plastic covering with a screwdriver. Now simply push the hard drive forward to remove it and push it back to reinstall it again on your laptop.

3: Side Mounted Hard Drive

The most common type of a hard drive is a side mounted hard drive. In most laptops you might see a cut out section on the right or the left side of your laptop, it’s the side mounted hard drive. This hard drive can be removed by removing the two screws with a screwdriver and can easily be reinstalled. The side mounted hard drive is mainly present at the opposite side of the CD Rom.

Conclusion

A hard drive is a basic data storage component of a laptop and the entire data is stored in a hard drive. Hard drives are of 3 main types i.e., back mounted, front mounted and side mounted. These all types of hard drives can be replaced easily. To locate and replace the hard drives on your laptops, simply follow the above-mentioned guide.