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CHAPTER 3: Maintaining and Upgrading Your Notebook www.gateway.com 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. Hard drive kit To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the procedure found in the online User Guide. 2 Print the Recovering Your System chapter from the online User Guide for use in Step 18. 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 32. 5 Turn off your notebook. 6 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 7 Disconnect all peripheral devices 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 27. 38

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CHAPTER 3: Maintaining and Upgrading Your Notebook
www.gateway.com
38
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 using the procedure found
in the online
User Guide
.
2
Print the
Recovering Your System
chapter from the online
User Guide
for use
in
Step 18
.
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 32
.
5
Turn off your notebook.
6
Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable.
7
Disconnect all peripheral devices 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 27
.
Hard drive kit