Replacing The Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre 3231 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Replacing the hard disk drive

This section provides instructions on how to replace the hard disk drive if your
computer has one. For computer models that do not have an internal hard disk
drive and use a remote hard disk drive accessed through the SMC - Storage Array,
contact your network or storage administrator.
To replace the hard disk drive:
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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
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 same state as when your computer was
originally shipped from the factory. For more information on recovering
factory-installed software, refer to "Recovering software" in your ThinkCentre
User Guide.
1. Open the computer cover. See "Opening the computer cover" on page 128.
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.