Can a hard drive from a Sony Vaio laptop be removed?

I have a Pentium III Sony Vaio laptop as well as a tough expostulate is fried. we was told which a tough drives have been essentially soldered in as well as aren’t meant to be replaced. Is this true?
What has to happen, as well as how formidable is it. Is there somewhere online which we can find an exploded perspective of a laptop components?

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1. that is true but you can replace them but the new drive would have to be soldered in just right…