HP Brio 71xx Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 www.hp.com/go/pcaccessories hp IDE hard disk drive installation guide installationshandbuch guide d’installation guía de instalación léase este primero guida di installazione...
  • Page 2 Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
  • Page 3 Hewlett-Packard non sarà ritenuta responsabile per errori contenuti in questo documento, né per danni accidentali o conseguenti alla fornitura, alle prestazioni o all’uso di questo materiale. Hewlett-Packard non si assume alcuna responsabilità riguardo all’uso o all’affidabilità del proprio software su apparecchiature di altri produttori.
  • Page 4 English ....................1 Deutsch ....................2 Français ....................3 Español ....................4 Italiano ....................5 ..................6...
  • Page 6: Installing The Hard Disk Drive

    English Installing the Hard Disk Drive Installing the Hard Disk Drive WARNING For your safety, never remove the PC’s cover without first removing the power cord, data cables and any connection to a telecommunications network. Always replace the cover before switching on again.
  • Page 7: Care Of Hard Disk Drives

    English Care of Hard Disk Drives Tools for Installation To install your HP hard disk drive, you will need: • one small and one medium-sized, flathead screwdriver • tweezers, needlenose pliers, or similar tool for changing jumpers, if necessary • a boot diskette if you are replacing an existing primary hard disk drive •...
  • Page 8 English Preparing Your PC for Installation Preparing Your PC for Installation If you are replacing your existing primary hard disk drive, you will first need to make a boot diskette to allow you to start the operating system from drive A. Refer to your operating system’s instructions for more information.
  • Page 9 English Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive HP hard disk drives are preconfigured at the factory to use HP’s cable select feature. This means that in an HP PC, the drive’s data cable connection determines which is the primary or secondary drive.
  • Page 10 English Configuring Your Hard Disk Drive After you have decided if your hard disk drive will be a primary or secondary drive, refer to “Installing the Hard Disk Drive in Your PC” on page 6. Configuring Without Cable Select CAUTION HP recommends that only qualified persons should change these and other drive settings.
  • Page 11: Completing The Installation

    English Installing the Hard Disk Drive in Your PC Installing the Hard Disk Drive in Your PC 1 Install the hard disk drive in an appropriate shelf in your PC. 2 Connect the data cable to the hard disk drive. 3 Connect the hard disk drive’s power cable.
  • Page 12 English Initializing the Disk Initializing the Disk You must initialize the hard disk drive for use with your operating system and divide it into smaller partitions if the disk is larger than 2 GB. Software is provided with your operating system for this purpose.
  • Page 13 English Initializing the Disk Windows 95/Windows 98 1 Open a DOS window and follow the steps described above for running FDISK and creating a DOS partition. 2 Follow the instructions displayed by FDISK to assign a drive letter to the disk, then press ESC to exit FDISK . 3 Close the DOS window and restart Windows 95/Windows 98.
  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    “Completing the Installation” on page 6. If Setup still does not recognize your hard disk drive, refer to the Troubleshooting section in your PC manual. HP Support Services Various service support options are provided by Hewlett-Packard’s Electronic Support Center: For HP Vectra PCs www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport For HP Kayak PC www.hp.com/go/kayaksupport...
  • Page 15: Hardware Warranty

    The type of service provided is returned to HP or a repair- authorized reseller service-center. At Hewlett-Packard's discretion, a defective accessory will be repaired or replaced by a new unit, either of the same type or of an equivalent model.
  • Page 16 Part Number: 5969-5298 Printed 08/2001 in Paper not bleached with chlorine...

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