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Replacing a hard disk drive Important When you install a new hard disk drive, you also need a set of Product Recovery discs. The set of Product Recovery discs will enable the contents of the hard disk to be restored to the same state as when the computer was originally shipped from the factory. For more information on recovering factory-installed software, refer to "Recovering software" in the User Guide. 1. Open the computer cover. See "Opening the cover" on page 83. 2. Pivot the drive bay assembly upward to gain access to the system board. 3. If an optical drive is installed, disconnect the signal cable from the drive to access the hard disk drive cables. 4. Disconnect the signal and power cables from the rear of the hard disk drive. Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs 101

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Replacing
a
hard
disk
drive
Important
When
you
install
a
new
hard
disk
drive,
you
also
need
a
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs.
The
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
will
enable
the
contents
of
the
hard
disk
to
be
restored
to
the
same
state
as
when
the
computer
was
originally
shipped
from
the
factory.
For
more
information
on
recovering
factory-installed
software,
refer
to
“Recovering
software”
in
the
User
Guide
.
1.
Open
the
computer
cover.
See
“Opening
the
cover”
on
page
83.
2.
Pivot
the
drive
bay
assembly
upward
to
gain
access
to
the
system
board.
3.
If
an
optical
drive
is
installed,
disconnect
the
signal
cable
from
the
drive
to
access
the
hard
disk
drive
cables.
4.
Disconnect
the
signal
and
power
cables
from
the
rear
of
the
hard
disk
drive.
Chapter
8.
Replacing
FRUs
101