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Replacing the Hard Drive

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Upgrading and Replacing PC Hardware Replacing the Hard Drive For information on recovering the contents of your old hard drive, refer to the Vectra XE320 Troubleshooting Guide, available in PDF format from the HP Vectra support website (www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport). WARNING For your safety, disconnect the power cord and all external cables. 1 Switch off the PC, disconnect the power cord and remove the PC's side panel (refer to "Removing and Replacing the Side Panel" on page 12). 2 Press the tab on the hard drive/floppy drive tray and pull the tray out part of the way. Press here 3 Disconnect the cables at the back of the floppy drive and hard drive. 4 Remove the drive tray from the PC. 5 Remove the three hard drive fixing screws (two on one side of the tray as shown below, and one on the other side), noting carefully the position of these screws. Caution Take care when handling the hard drive. A one-quarter inch drop can damage it. 6 Slide the drive in the direction shown until it is released from the tray, holding the drive tray firmly so as not to drop it. 19

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Upgrading and Replacing PC Hardware
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Replacing the Hard Drive
For information on recovering the contents of your old hard drive, refer to the
Vectra XE320
Troubleshooting Guide
, available in PDF format from the HP Vectra support website
(
www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
).
WARNING
For your safety, disconnect the power cord and all external cables.
1
Switch off the PC, disconnect the power cord and remove the PC’s side panel (refer to “Removing and
Replacing the Side Panel” on page 12).
2
Press the tab on the hard drive/floppy drive tray and pull the tray out part of the way.
3
Disconnect the cables at the back of the floppy drive and hard drive.
4
Remove the drive tray from the PC.
5
Remove the three hard drive fixing screws (two on one side of the tray as shown below, and one on the
other side), noting carefully the position of these screws.
Caution
Take care when handling the hard drive. A one-quarter inch drop can damage it.
6
Slide the drive in the direction shown until it is released from the tray, holding the drive tray firmly so
as not to drop it.
Press here