SSD on Inspiron 15r 5521

Hello everyone, I have an Inspiron 15r 5521 with 3rd gen i5 and 500 GB hard drive. I want to change my current hard drive with an ssd (samsung evo/transcend 2.5 "). Is it possible to install the ssd on 5521, I have attached a picture of the back of my laptop. I'm not sure that with this small space, I can install an ssd.  Please help me, its urgent for me somehow.

srikanthk

The following article shows how to replace the Inspiron 15 5521, HDD internal 2.5 ":

http://www.insidemylaptop.com/how-to-disassemble-Dell-Inspiron-15R-5521-15-3521laptop/

Bev.

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