RickMerrill wrote:
> HLE wrote:
>> The R600 ultraportable is just being released to the U.S. market, and 
>> we might have one of the first. Our intent is to replace the hard 
>> drive, but despite decades of experience we can't get it apart. 
>> Toshiba tech support (in Manila) doesn't have any data on this yet.
>>
>> We removed all (really) of the screws on the bottom, and the entire 
>> bottom is free except for the area around the hard drive. The left 
>> edge (various ports) hangs, indicating that the keyboard might have to 
>> be pried up - we don't want to do that unless it's the way to go.
>>
>> ??
> 
> 
> There are plenty of design techniques to defeat what you want to do. Has 
> Toshiba given you permission to reverse-engineer the product?-(


Reverse-engineer? I want to swap hard drives, not manufacture laptops.

Toshiba CSR said that changing hard drives will not void my (three 
year!) warranty, but they do not yet have information to help me do it.