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Caring for Drives and Drive Media
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Drives and Drive Media Caring for Drives and Drive Media CAUTION: To prevent damage to the notebook or a drive and loss of work: Do not remove the internal hard drive except for repair or replacement. For instructions, see the "Replacing the Internal Hard Drive" section later in this chapter. Electrostatic discharge can damage electronic components. To prevent electrostatic damage to the notebook or a drive, follow these 2 precautions: (1) Discharge yourself from static electricity before handling a drive by touching a grounded metal object and (2) Avoid touching the connectors on a drive. For more information about preventing electrostatic damage, refer on the Documentation Library CD to the Regulatory and Safety Notices guide, "Electrostatic Discharge" section. Excessive force can damage drive connectors. When you insert a drive, use only enough force to seat the drive. Handle a drive carefully. Do not drop it. Avoid exposing a hard drive or a diskette to devices with magnetic fields. Products with magnetic fields include video and audio tape erasure products, monitors, and speakers. Security devices with magnetic fields include airport walk-through devices and security wantds. The airport security devices that check carry-on luggage, usually while it is placed on a conveyor belt, use e-rays instead of magnetism and will not damage a hard drive or diskette. Do not spray a drive with cleaners. Avoid exposing a drive to liquids or temperature extremes. If you mail a drive, ship it in packaging that protects it from shock, vibration, extreme temperatures, and high humidity. Label the package "FRAGILE". CAUTION: To prevent damage to drive media: Do not open the metal shutter of a diskette or touch the disk within the diskette case. Do not expose a diskette to a strong magnetic field, such as the security field used by a walk-through security device or a handheld security wand. Clean a CD or DVD only with a disc cleaning kit, available from most electronics retailers. Startup and Reference Guide 5-3