Gateway M685 Hardware Replacement Manual page 5

9 Slide the old hard drive kit away from the hard drive
connector.
10 Lift the hard drive kit out of your notebook.
Be careful not to bend the connector pins on the
Important hard drive kit.
11 If your new hard drive already includes the hard
drive kit bracket, go to Step 16.
-OR-
If you need to move the hard drive kit bracket from
your old hard drive to your new hard drive, go to
Step 12.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your hardware guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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12 Remove the four screws that secure the hard drive
to the hard drive kit bracket.
Screws
13 Remove the bracket from the old drive.
14 Place the new drive, label side up, onto the bracket
so the screw holes line up.
15 Replace the four screws that secure the cover to the
drive.
16 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook.
17 Replace the hard drive bay cover, then tighten the
cover screw.
18 Insert the battery and turn your notebook over.
19 Reconnect the optional port replicator.
-OR-
Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and
the network cable.
20 Turn on your notebook.
21 If the hard drive was sent to you from Gateway with
the operating system, applications, and drivers
installed, you will see the Windows startup screen.
-OR-
If you see a blank screen, restart your notebook, then
press
22 Insert the Operating System Recovery CD/DVD when
prompted.
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Replacing the Hard Drive Kit
F11
while your computer is starting.
Screws