*DIsclaimer* Follow this guide at your own risk. I am not responsible if you damaged your property.
I decided to do a fresh install on the new hard drive. A fresh start is always better. The actual swap and installation of the OS only took a couple of hours. However, typing everything out with pictures is more labor intensive than doing the actual upgrade. So I’m splitting the how to article into two parts, hardware and software.
This is the hardware portion.
Let’s go over things you’ll need.
Small Philips and flat head screwdrivers. I have another one with a bigger handle for better grip.
Your Asus Eee PC 1000H
A towel to lay your Asus Eee PC on to prevent getting scratches.
Your new 7200RPM Hard Drive
Step 1. Unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery from the Asus Eee PC 1000H.
Step 2. Lay the Eee PC on the upside down on a towel to prevent any scratches
Step 3. Removed the back cover by removing the two screws located near the battery bay and carefully prying the back cover off.
Step 4. Removed the two screws holding the hard drive cage to the Eee.
Step 5. Carefully slide the hard drive away from SATA Connector.
Step 6. Remove hard drive from the cage. There should be a total of 4 screws, 2 on each side.
Step 7. Replace old hard drive with your new hard drive in the cage and replace 4 screws in Step 6.
Step 8. Place the hard drive with the cage back in the hard drive bay. Carefully align the SATA port of the hard drive with the port of on the Eee.
Step 9. Firmly push the drive towards the SATA ports once everything is aligned and properly seated. It should slide easily.
Step 10. Replace the two screws holding the cage to the Eee in Step 4.
Step 11. Replace the back cover and secure with the 2 screws in Step 3.
That’s it. 11 easy steps to installing a new hard drive in your Eee PC. It sounds like a lot of steps but it should only take you 15 minutes at most. 30 minutes if you are brand new to computers. If you are brand new computer, maybe you shouldn’t do this upgrade.
