Partitioning And Formatting The Hard-Disk Drive - Dell Inspiron 3700 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Gently push the hard-disk drive in its drive carrier into the drive bay until the
carrier door is flush with the computer case. Replace the screws you removed
in step 4.
7 . Turn on the computer.
8. Partition and format the drive as described in "Partitioning and Formatting the
Hard-Disk Drive" in Chapter 4.
9. Install the operating system on the drive.
For instructions, see Chapter 4, "System Software Solutions."
10. Test the drive by running the IDE Devices device group tests in the Dell
Diagnostics.
For instructions, see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" in Chapter 3.
If you need to return your hard-disk drive, you must ship it to Dell in its original foam
packaging (see Figure 2-7). Otherwise, the hard-disk drive may be damaged while in
transit.
hard-disk drive
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