Adding A Second Hard Drive - HP Vectra VL410 Upgrade Manual

Upgrading and replacing hardware

Adding a second hard drive

Note that you can only add a second hard drive to Desktop models.
WARNING
For your safety, disconnect the power cord and all external cables.
You can replace the hard drive with a larger one. To do this:
1 Switch off the PC and remove the PC's cover. Refer to page 8.
2 Remove data and power connectors from both the floppy and the hard drive.
3 Press the retaining clip on top of the drive tray and slide it backwards to remove it.
4 Align the new hard drive in the lower part of the tray (with the correct orientation) and secure it with
the screws provided with the drive.
5 Replace the drive bay in the PC.
6 Attach all data and power connectors. Assuming you want to use the original hard drive to boot your
PC from, attach the end connector (marked DRIVE 0) to this drive and the middle connector (marked
DRIVE 1) to the new drive.
7 Replace the cover.
8 Verify the new configuration by checking the HP Summary Screen. To access the Summary Screen,
press F8 when the HP logo appears during startup, then select the summary screen option.
Note Ensure that you have installed all the required operating system and HP drivers on the newly installed drive. To reinstall operating
system and HP drivers, use the Recovery CD-ROMs provided with the PC. In addition, you can find the most up-to-date versions of HP
drivers on HP's Web site at:
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www.hp.com/go/support
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