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Caring for Drives and Drive Media
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CPQ-311245-001.book Page 3 Tuesday, April 1, 2003 3:55 PM Drives and Drive Media Caring for Drives and Drive Media Ä 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 wands. The airport security devices that check carry-on luggage, usually while it is placed on a conveyor belt, use x-rays instead of magnetism and will not damage a hard drive or a 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." Ä 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-Part 2 5-3