"Dave" <someplace@nowhere-nice.com> wrote in message
news:47eb9e27@212.67.96.135...
>I have a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ4XWN/C which has the original 120 GB hard disk.
>I've partitioned that as Vista and Solaris x86 but I've had enough of
>Vista, so are going to partition it with Solaris x86 and XP - drivers are
>available for most/all the parts.
>
> I've purchased a larger (300 GB disk), but don't know exactly what needs
> to be undone to get at the disk. Can anyone tell me? What I thought was
> the access panel turned out to be for memory.
>
> Is there a service manual anywhere? I'm used to Sun workstations, where
> Sun make available very good service manuals. Somehow I suspect this is
> not the case with Sony.

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select...6,66,9,70,5,72

Service manuals and pdf how to files on replacing or upgrading components.