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Replacing the hard drive kit

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CHAPTER 8: Upgrading Your Notebook Replacing the hard drive kit Tools Required You need a small Phillips screwdriver to replace the hard drive. You also need an external recordable disc drive to create the Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. If you would like more hard drive capacity, you can replace your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. Hard drive Important If your hard drive has failed, Gateway will send a replacement hard drive already loaded with your operating system, drivers, and applications. Contact Gateway Customer Care at the Web address or telephone number shown on the label on the bottom of your notebook for more information. 70 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 66. 5 Turn off your notebook. 6 Disconnect from the optional port replicator. 7 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable if they are connected to the notebook. 8 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to the notebook and remove any PC cards.

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CHAPTER 8: Upgrading Your Notebook
70
Replacing the hard drive kit
Tools
Required
You need a small
Phillips screwdriver to
replace the hard drive.
You also need an
external recordable
disc drive to create the
Drivers and
Applications Recovery
disc.
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:
Important
If your hard drive has
failed, Gateway will
send a replacement
hard drive already
loaded with your
operating system,
drivers, and
applications. Contact
Gateway Customer
Care at the Web
address or telephone
number shown on the
label on the bottom of
your notebook for
more information.
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 66
.
5
Turn off your notebook.
6
Disconnect from the optional port
replicator.
7
Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable,
and network cable if they are connected to
the notebook.
8
Disconnect all peripheral devices
connected to the notebook and remove
any PC cards.
Hard drive