Toshiba Satellite 1415-S105 Optical Drive Replacement

The battery is located on the front right corner of the laptop.

With one finger on the raised grip, slide the latch towards the front of the laptop.

Pull the battery out towards the side.

Lift the battery straight up, out of the computer.

Using a set of case opening tools, pry open the left and right sides of the black plastic strip above the keyboard.

Fully detach the strip.

Unscrew the two screws near the top of the keyboard.

Lift the keyboard by holding the middle top of the keyboard.

Carefully pull upwards on the ribbon cable to detach.

Remove keyboard.

Unscrew the screw located on the left side of the optical drive near the heat sink cover in the middle of the laptop.

Using spudger, push the optical drive out to the right.