I just bought an old dell 2650 laptop off a friend to give to my girlfriend for christmas. I know my way around a desktop computer quite well, but have never worked on a notebook before, so I have a few questions. I applogize if these are "stupid" questions:
1) How can I completely open up the laptop to get inside? I removed all the screwes on the back that had a little "P" next to them, but there has something that was still not coming apart.
2) Can upgrades only be made only with "dell 2650 parts" or can i pick up any old ram, hard drive, cd/dvd ect. and throw it in like a desktop?
3) If I put in a new hard drive, will the dell OS/start-up disk install windows on the new drive or will I have to buy a new copy of Windows?
If you can provide any other advise for a first time DIY laptop upgrade on a Dell 2650, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much!
-Greg
1) How can I completely open up the laptop to get inside? I removed all the screwes on the back that had a little "P" next to them, but there has something that was still not coming apart.
2) Can upgrades only be made only with "dell 2650 parts" or can i pick up any old ram, hard drive, cd/dvd ect. and throw it in like a desktop?
3) If I put in a new hard drive, will the dell OS/start-up disk install windows on the new drive or will I have to buy a new copy of Windows?
If you can provide any other advise for a first time DIY laptop upgrade on a Dell 2650, I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much!
-Greg