Disassembly
Removing the Hard Disk Drive 2 - 7
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Removing the Hard Disk Drive
The hard disk drive can be taken out to accommodate other 2.5" serial (SATA) hard disk drives with a height of 7.0mm
(h). Follow your operating system’s installation instructions, and install all necessary drivers and utilities (as outlined in
Chapter 4 of the User’s Manual
) when setting up a new hard disk.
Hard Disk Upgrade Process
Figure 3
HDD Assembly
Removal
a. Remove the screws.
b. Remove the screws.
c. Remove the bottom
cover.
d. Locate the HDD assem-
bly.
HDD System Warning
New HDD’s are blank.
Before you begin make
sure:
You have backed up
any data you want to
keep from your old
HDD.
You have all the CD-
ROMs and FDDs re-
quired to install your op-
erating system and
programs.
If you have access to
the internet, download
the latest application
and hardware driver up-
dates for the operating
system you plan to in-
stall. Copy these to a re-
movable medium.
1. Turn
off
the computer, turn it over to remove the battery (
page 2 - 5
) and keyboard (
page 2 - 6
).
2. Remove screws
-
underneath the keyboard (
Figure 3a
).
3. Remove screws
-
(
Figure 3b
).
4. Lift the bottom cover
up from point
,
and
(
Figure 3c
).
5. The hard disk drive will be visible at point
(
Figure 3d
)
.
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5
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19
20
a.
b.
14. Bottom Cover
• 15 Screws
Screw Size
Note that the size of
screw
is M2 x 5L.
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10
11
2
3
4
5
9
7
8
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d.
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6
19
c.
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