Replacing A Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo 410554U Hardware Maintenance Manual

Replacing a hard disk drive

Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding the "Important safety information"
in the ThinkStation Safety and Warranty Guide that came with your computer. To obtain a copy of the ThinkStation
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 will enable 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 "Recovering software" in
your ThinkStation User Guide.
Attention: Your computer supports both SAS hard disk drives and SATA hard disk drives. However, be sure
that you do not install both the SAS and SATA hard disk drives into the same computer.
To replace a hard disk drive:
1. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the cover" on page 76.
2. Locate the hard disk drive. See "Locations" on page 77.
3. Disconnect the signal and power cables from the hard disk drive.
4. Pull the handle to remove the hard disk drive.
5. Remove the failing hard disk drive from the bracket by flexing the bracket.
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