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Disassembly
2 - 6 Removing the Hard Disk Drive
2.Disassembly
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 9.5mm
(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
1. Turn off the computer, and remove the battery ( page 2 - 5 ).
2. Locate the hard disk bay cover and remove screws & ( Figure 2a
)
.
Figure 2
HDD Assembly
Removal
a. Locate the HDD bay cover
and remove the screws.
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• 2 S crews
1 2
a.
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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 required to install your op-
erating system and programs.
If you have access to the internet,
download the latest application
and hardware driver updates for
the operating system you plan to
install. Copy these to a remov-
able medium.
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