i'm looking for a disassembly guide for my dell inspiron e1505 (laptop) with really detailed pictures. i can't seem to find any through searches..i found one for my old laptop, but no luck yet for my dell.

if there aren't and guides or pictures, the question i need answered is i'm looking to see if there's room inside the laptop to put another harddrive to run as a slave. i know i could just TAKE apart my computer to see if there's room, but i'd rather only do it once when i actually go to install the harddrive. my COMPAQ had a spot for an extra harddrive, so i'm hoping that my dell does too...Have a look here...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/index.htm

From what I see there is no place for a second hard drive Better to use an external one.

Alan <>< okay, so if there's no space inside the computer, would it be possible to hook up the harddrive to my laptop somehow? the reason i wanted to add it to my laptop was mainly so i could get all the info off the drive. my compaq's power supply died and there are files on it that i'd like to steal back. the other reason obviously was to add more space. i have i think 70ish gb on the dell, a 40gb external hd and i think the compaq is probably 40ish too.

i ALSO have access to a desktop if putting the hd into that would let me get access to my files. unless i'm making THINGS more complicated for myself and there's an easier way to get these files?i believe, if i am not mistaken that if you put it as slave, then you should be able to access is in your desktop

Laptop to IDE connector....about 10 bucks at any Computer store.
This will allow you to hook up the laptop drive to your desktop and grab your data...

That's providing the drive still works.sounds GOOD, i had already found the connector online so hopefully the drive still works. i'm assuming it does, but i'm not 100% positive.

thanks!