Replacing The Primary Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo 7052A7U User Manual

What to do next:
• To work with another piece of hardware, go to the appropriate section.
• To complete the replacement, go to "Completing the parts replacement" on page 64.

Replacing the primary 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 primary hard disk drive.
To replace the primary hard disk drive, do the following:
1. Turn off the computer and disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets.
2. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 32.
3. Locate the primary hard disk drive. See "Locating internal drives" on page 13.
4. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
5. Press the blue release tab
then pivot it outward.
Figure 35. Removing the primary hard disk drive
6. Remove the hard disk drive cage from the chassis by sliding it outward.
7. Pull on the blue handle
8. Flex the sides of the blue bracket to remove the hard disk drive from the bracket.
1 down, slide the hard disk drive cage
3 to release and remove the hard disk drive from the drive cage.
2 to the rear of the computer, and
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