Changing Drives - Gateway 450 User Manual

Chapter 15: Upgrading Your Notebook

Changing drives

Your notebook's modular bay supports different bay modules, such as a CD,
CD-RW, DVD, or combination DVD/CD-RW drive, a second hard drive, a
diskette drive, or a secondary battery.
Modular bay
latch
Modular bay
Modular bay
latch
To change bay modules:
1
If you are removing a CD, CD-RW, DVD, combination DVD/CD-RW or
diskette drive, make sure that the drive is empty.
2
Click the remove hardware
removing, then click
-OR-
Turn off your notebook (do not place it in Standby or Hibernate mode).
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icon in the taskbar, the drive you are
.
Stop
If the remove hardware icon does not appear on the
taskbar, click the show hidden icons
www.gateway.com
button.