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Replacing, drive

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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. 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 39. To replace the hard disk drive: 1. Open the computer cover. See "Opening the computer cover" on page 12. 2. You might need to pivot the drive bay assembly upward to gain easy access to the hard disk drive. 3. Locate the hard disk drive. 4. Push the blue handle of the hard disk drive bracket inwards to release the two clips 1 that secure the hard disk drive to the chassis, and then rotate the hard disk drive upwards and lift it up to remove it from the computer. Figure 16. Removing the hard disk drive 5. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive. Chapter 2. Installing options and replacing hardware 21

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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.
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
39.
To
replace
the
hard
disk
drive:
1.
Open
the
computer
cover.
See
“Opening
the
computer
cover”
on
page
12.
2.
You
might
need
to
pivot
the
drive
bay
assembly
upward
to
gain
easy
access
to
the
hard
disk
drive.
3.
Locate
the
hard
disk
drive.
4.
Push
the
blue
handle
of
the
hard
disk
drive
bracket
inwards
to
release
the
two
clips
±1²
that
secure
the
hard
disk
drive
to
the
chassis,
and
then
rotate
the
hard
disk
drive
upwards
and
lift
it
up
to
remove
it
from
the
computer.
5.
Disconnect
the
signal
cable
and
the
power
cable
from
the
hard
disk
drive.
Figure
16.
Removing
the
hard
disk
drive
Chapter
2.
Installing
options
and
replacing
hardware
21