Adding And Removing Drives; Removing The Hard Drive - HP Pavilion xl900 - Desktop PC Service Manual

Adding and Removing
Drives
The drives on your system can be removed and
replaced.

Removing the Hard Drive

You need to remove the hard drive from the
chassis if you want to replace it with a higher-
capacity drive or if you want to safeguard your
data when sending the computer out to be
repaired. If you are replacing the hard drive,
purchase the replacement drive from HP. Refer to
the telephone number of the HP Customer Care
Center on the Support Path card included in the
documentation packet which came with the PC.
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To remove the hard drive:
1 Turn off the computer and all peripherals.
2 Disconnect the modem/phone cable.
3 Disconnect the power cord and all other
attached cables (such as the keyboard, mouse,
and monitor).
4 Remove the front drive cover (see "Removing
the Front Drive Cover" on page 6).
5 Remove the side panel (see "Removing the
Side Panel" on page 7).
6 Slide the drive cage partway out (see "Sliding
the Drive Cage In and Out" on page 8).
7 Disconnect the power and IDE cables attached
to the back of the hard drive. Note the position
of each connector.
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