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Introduction |
This guide will walk you through the steps to replace the internal laptop batteryhard drive of your Lenovo ThinkPad T480. | | The hard drive of your Lenovo ThinkPad T480 might become corrupted or you might want to upgrade it at some point. If you need to replace your hard drive, follow the instructions in this guide. | | The hard drive is a nonvolatile data storage and retrieval device which uses magnetic storage on one or more rotating platters. | | The hard drive is a nonvolatile data storage and retrieval device which uses magnetic storage on one or more rotating platters. In the hierarchy of computer storage, it is considered secondary storage. | | If your hard drive fails or becomes corrupted, your computer may start to run extremely slowly, it may overheat, or it may fail to boot. If you experience “blue screen of death” errors or apps that freeze or crash, it might be time to replace your hard drive. | | If your hard drive fails, your computer will start to run extremely slow, it may overheat, fail to boot and you may get boot errors, “blue screen of death” errors, and apps will freeze or crash. | | If you need to replace your hard drive, follow the instructions in this guide. | | | According to the [link|https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/T480-Harddisk-Upgrade/m-p/4400135#:~:text=Re%3A%20T480%20Harddisk%20Upgrade&text=The%20T480%20has%20a%202.5,and%20upgrade%20to%20an%20M.|Lenovo Forum], this model has the capacity to upgrade to 1 TB Solid State Drive, PCIe-NVMe OPAL2.0 M.2. | | | Be sure to [link|https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t480_ug_en.pdf#page=118|disable the internal battery], turn off the computer, and unplug the laptop from the power adapter prior to starting the repair. |
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