Removing A Second Hard Disk Drive - HP -380467-003 - COMPAQ PRESARIO C300 C500 C700 F500 F700 LAPTOP CHARGER Manual

Removing a Second
Hard Disk Drive
1 Complete the procedures to prepare the PC and to
remove the side panel. See "Opening and Closing
the PC" on page 1.
2 Remove the front panel. See "Removing the Front
Panel" on page 3.
3 Gently lay the PC on its side.
4 See "Removing a Hard Disk Drive" on page 8.
You do not need to remove the hard disk
NOTE:
drive from the bracket when removing a second
hard disk drive.
5 Remove the two screws on the hard disk drive
bracket (N).
O
6 Slide the bracket away from the bottom of the
chassis (O), and then pull it up and out of the
chassis.
7 Remove the four screws on the front of the chassis
to release the second hard disk drive from the front
of the chassis (P). Lift the second hard disk drive out
of the chassis.
8 Make a note of each cable attached to the second
9 Remove the power and data cables from the back
N
P
hard disk drive before removing the cables.
of the second hard disk drive. For Serial ATA hard
disk drive cables, press the latch (1) (select models
only) in the center of each plug and pull the plug
(2) from the drive connector. For Parallel ATA hard
disk drive cables, use a gentle rocking motion to
free the plugs.
2
Disconnecting the Serial ATA hard disk drive
cables
Disconnecting the Parallel ATA hard disk drive
data cable
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