If you access the link http://yepair.com/guias/guia-de-reparacion-portatil-disco-duro-hd-acer-aspire-v5-571/
using Google Chrome, there is an option at the top of the page to translate it into English. Not sure if Firefox or IE provide this option.
Some notes on the procedure:
1. Remove the battery before doing anything. The release is a bit weird if you haven't done it before. The user manual is of no help except to point out where the release lever is. You can stick a small Philips in the release "hole" and move the lever sideways to remove the battery. I can't believe how small the battery is. No wonder the battery life is not great on these machines.
2. I have a V5-571P and the screws were slightly different. I believe there were fewer screws on the bottom of mine and six instead of five screws under the keyboard. I still don't think you need to remove ALL the screws on the bottom but I ended up doing it anyway.
3. The keyboard does not just easily pop off. You need something quite thin (like a sharp knife or even long fingernails might do it) to get it initially separated in one spot. Once it is separated in one place, SLOWLY remove it little-by-little going around the keyboard. You'll hear popping sounds as it releases.
4. Remember the keyboard is attached to the motherboard by two fragile flex cables remove the keyboard slowly so you don't rip the cables.
5. If you haven't dealt with these flex cables before (there are four - two on the keyboard, track pad, and power switch) you might want to ask someone who is familiar with them to help. This is the most sensitive and critical part of the procedure. It's not hard if you know what you're doing. The wide keyboard connector disconnects differently than the others. You can't just pull on the flex cables. You must flip "the release" on each connector before unplugging the flex cable. I will try to describe how to release the cables on a V571P. Yours may be slightly different.
a. Wide keyboard flex cable - on each side of the connector push gently on the black part toward the back (LCD side) of the laptop. You can then unplug the flex cable.
b. Narrow flex cables - Use your fingernail to gently pull up on the underside of the part of the connector that is closest to the flex cable. You can then can unplug the flex cable.
6. I didn't have to remove the power switch flex cable. If you don't move the top metal plate too much when lifting it up (last step in order to get access to the hard drive) you can leave it connected.
7. The disk drive replacement is the easiest part but when you pull the original drive out do it SLOWLY as the connector is attached to the motherboard with a cable. It's not a typical SATA connector soldered to the motherboard.
7. When re-installing the keyboard, push hard all around the edges until it is completely snapped back in place.
Notes on cloning the internal drive to your new drive:
1. I used Macrium Reflect free cloning/backup (gets very good reviews).
2. Before removing the original drive, I cloned it to an SSD that I put in an external USB case.
3. If you are upgrading to an SSD, you are most likely cloning the larger original drive to a smaller SSD. Note there are 6 partitions on a V5-571(p) disk drive. You need to leave 5 of the partitions the same size as the original drive. You need to then re-size (shrink) the main partition (partition 4) so it fits on the new smaller SSD (in the opposite case you would increase the size of partition 4 if you're upgrading to a larger drive). Cloning software generally can't automatically do this for you as it doesn't know which partitions to leave alone and which to re-size.
4. Macrium allows you to do this re-sizing but it's not really straightforward the first time. After selecting the clone, you will only have partitions 1-4 showing on the SSD (this is all before the actual clone operation is started). You then need to shrink the size of the main partition 4 in order to get partitions 5 & 6 to fit. Too much to describe here but the key is using the link at the bottom of the main screen - "Cloned Partition Properties". You can use other cloning apps but most likely you will have to perform similar partition re-sizing before starting the clone process.
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