The hard drive is inside of the laptop and not accessible from the outside. The way to get to the hard drive is to take out all the screws from the bottom of the laptop, take the keyboard out and there may be some screws there that need to be removed. The dvd drive needs to come out and where the dvd drive normally is, check for screws there.
At this point you can remove the top cover assembly and you will see the hard drive. Remove the screws that are holding the hard drive in place and then it will come out.
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For this particular model, VGN-NS135ES, the laptop can only be accessed from the bottom. No need to remove the keyboard.
1. Remove the battery;
2. Remove the memory cabin's lid;
2. Remove all the visible screws from the bottom (2 under the battery, 1 in the memory cabin);
3. The bottom cover is removable now; there are extra 2 screws that lock the hard drive caddy need to be removed;
During the process, no cable needs unplug.
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Take to a shop or friend that works on laptops. If you have to ask, you shouldn't try.
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Sony's website does not offer instructions on replacing a hard drive. They only offer instructions on repacing the optical drive. The unit has to be disasembled to access the hard drive bay.
www.sony.com has those sort of things by model number
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