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 disk 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/telephone cable.
3 Disconnect the power cord and all other
attached cables (such as the keyboard, mouse,
and monitor).
4 Remove the side panel (see "Removing the
Side Panel" on page 34).
5 Slide the drive cage out partway (see "Sliding
the Drive Cage In and Out" on page 35).
6 Disconnect the power and IDE cables attached
to the back of the hard drive. Note the position
of each cable.
Note:
In order to slide the drive cage out sufficiently,
you may need to disconnect the cables going to
the drives. (On some cables, you may need to
press the locking lever on the connector.) Be
sure to note the placement of these connections;
you will need this information when
reconnecting the cables.
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