Replacing The Hard Drive - HP Vectra XE310 Upgrade Manual

Replacing the Hard Drive

For information on recovering the contents of your old hard drive, refer to the Vectra XE310
Troubleshooting Guide, available in PDF format from the HP Vectra support website
(www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport).
WARNING
For your safety, disconnect the power cord and all external cables.
1 Switch off the PC, disconnect the power cord and remove the PC's side panel and air flow guide (refer
to "Removing and Replacing the Side Panel & Air Flow Guide" on page 12).
2 Press the tab on the hard disk drive/floppy disk drive tray and pull the tray out part of the way.
3 Disconnect the cables at the back of the floppy disk drive and hard disk drive.
4 Remove the drive tray from the PC.
5 Remove the three hard disk drive fixing screws (two on one side of the tray as shown below, and one
on the other side), noting carefully the position of these screws.
Caution Take care when handling the hard drive. A one-quarter inch drop can damage it.
6 Slide the drive in the direction shown until it is released from the tray, holding the drive tray firmly so
as not to drop it.
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