Gateway MX6960, Reference Manual

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CHAPTER 8: Upgrading Your Notebook
76
Replacing the hard drive kit
Tools
Required
You need a small
Phillips screwdriver to
replace the hard drive
kit.
If you would like more hard drive capacity, you
can replace your original drive with a
higher-capacity drive.
To replace the hard drive kit:
1
Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery
disc. For more information, see “Creating
Drivers and Applications Recovery discs” in
the online
User Guide .
2
Print the “Recovering Your System” chapter
from the online
User Guide for use in
Step 20 .
3
Back up any data you want to transfer to
the new hard drive. For more information,
see “Backing up files” in the online
User
Guide .
4
Follow the guidelines under “Preventing
static electricity discharge” on page 70 .
5
Turn off your notebook.
6
Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable,
and network cable.
7
Disconnect all peripheral devices
connected to the notebook and remove
any PC cards.
8
Turn your notebook over so the bottom is
facing up, then remove the battery. For
more information, see
“Changing
batteries” on page 49 .
Hard
drive bay