Replacing The Hard Disk Drive; Removing The Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre 6068 Hardware Installation And Replacement Manual

Replacing the hard disk drive

This section provides instructions on how to replace the hard disk drive.
To replace the hard disk drive, do the following:
1. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the cover" on page 9.
2. Remove the drive bay assembly. See "Accessing system board components and
3. Use the blue handle to pivot the hard disk drive and bracket upward, slide the
Figure 22. Removing the hard disk drive
4. Disconnect the signal and power cables from the rear of the hard disk drive.
Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading the "Important safety
information" in the Safety and Warranty Guide that was included with your computer for
the computer. To obtain copies of the 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 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 User Guide.
drives" on page 11.
hard drive to the left until it is free of the retaining clips in the bottom of the
chassis, and then completely remove it from the chassis.
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