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Replacing the hard disk drive Attention Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding the "Important safety information" in the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide that came with your computer. To obtain a copy of the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide, go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support This section provides instructions on how to replace the hard disk drive if your computer has one. For computer models that do not have an internal hard disk drive installed and use a remote hard disk drive accessed through the SMC Storage Array, contact your network or storage administrator. Important When you receive a new hard disk drive, you also receive a set of Product Recovery discs. The set of Product Recovery discs enables you to restore the contents of the hard disk drive to the factory-installed state. For more information on recovering factory-installed software, refer to Chapter 3, "Recovery information," on page 35. To replace the hard disk drive: 1. Open the computer cover. See "Opening the computer cover" on page 12. 2. Disconnect the power cable from the optical drive. 3. Place your finger on the tab located on the front of the hard disk drive and push upward. Then press inward on the side tabs and pivot the hard disk drive upward to remove. Figure 8. Removing the hard disk drive 4. Remove the failing hard disk drive from the chassis. 5. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive. 6. Remove the hard disk drive from the plastic bracket by flexing the sides of the bracket enough to slide it free of the hard disk drive. Chapter 2. Installing options and replacing hardware 15

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Replacing
the
hard
disk
drive
Attention
Do
not
open
your
computer
or
attempt
any
repair
before
reading
and
understanding
the
“Important
safety
information”
in
the
ThinkCentre
Safety
and
Warranty
Guide
that
came
with
your
computer.
To
obtain
a
copy
of
the
ThinkCentre
Safety
and
Warranty
Guide
,
go
to:
This
section
provides
instructions
on
how
to
replace
the
hard
disk
drive
if
your
computer
has
one.
For
computer
models
that
do
not
have
an
internal
hard
disk
drive
installed
and
use
a
remote
hard
disk
drive
accessed
through
the
SMC
-
Storage
Array,
contact
your
network
or
storage
administrator.
Important
When
you
receive
a
new
hard
disk
drive,
you
also
receive
a
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
.
The
set
of
Product
Recovery
discs
enables
you
to
restore
the
contents
of
the
hard
disk
drive
to
the
factory-installed
state.
For
more
information
on
recovering
factory-installed
software,
refer
to
Chapter
3,
“Recovery
information,”
on
page
35.
To
replace
the
hard
disk
drive:
1.
Open
the
computer
cover.
See
“Opening
the
computer
cover”
on
page
12.
2.
Disconnect
the
power
cable
from
the
optical
drive.
3.
Place
your
finger
on
the
tab
located
on
the
front
of
the
hard
disk
drive
and
push
upward.
Then
press
inward
on
the
side
tabs
and
pivot
the
hard
disk
drive
upward
to
remove.
4.
Remove
the
failing
hard
disk
drive
from
the
chassis.
5.
Disconnect
the
signal
cable
and
the
power
cable
from
the
hard
disk
drive.
6.
Remove
the
hard
disk
drive
from
the
plastic
bracket
by
flexing
the
sides
of
the
bracket
enough
to
slide
it
free
of
the
hard
disk
drive.
Figure
8.
Removing
the
hard
disk
drive
Chapter
2.
Installing
options
and
replacing
hardware
15