  By solving the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for a $d$-wave superconductor,
we explore how the interplay between disorder and the orbital depairing of an
external magnetic field influences the superconductor-metal transition of the
hole-overdoped cuprates. For highly disordered systems, we find granular Cooper
paring to persist above the critical field where the superfluid stiffness goes
to zero. We also show that because the vortices are attracted to regions where
the superconducting pairing is already weak, the Caroli-de Gennes-Matricon
zero-bias peak in the local density of states at the vortex cores disappears
already at moderate disorder.
