Putting A Disk Drive Into Its Tray - HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Owner's Manual

3. Wait about 30 seconds for the drive to spin down (handling of a disk
4. Carefully pull the drive straight out.
If you also need to remove the disk drive from the disk-drive tray—to
replace a faulty drive, for example—remove the four screws that secure
the drive to the tray. These screws go through rubber grommets; leave
the grommets in place as you remove the screws.

Putting a Disk Drive into its Tray

When you receive and unpack a new disk drive, it will not include the
tray that is needed in order to insert it into your J5000/J7000 computer;
these trays are already in your computer's disk-drive bays. You will need
to assemble the disk drive into its tray before you can slide the disk drive
and tray assembly into the computer and expect its connections to be
made correctly.
1. Unpack the new disk drive, avoiding both mechanical and electrical
A drop of just a few inches onto a hard surface such as a desk or the floor
CAUTION
can generate large accelerations (hundreds of gees), which may damage
the device.
2. Unlock (if necessary) and open the door on the front of the computer.
3. If a disk drive was already in the tray (for example, if you're replacing
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drive while it is still spinning can cause disk damage and/or loss of
data).
shocks; never let it drop onto the floor or onto a desk—always set it
down gently—and observe ESD (electrostatic discharge) precautions,
as described in the Preface of this document.
Remove the disk-drive tray from the slot into which you will insert
the new drive. To remove the disk-drive tray, release the hook that
locks the drive tray's release lever into place (see Figure 3-3, below),
and pull the release lever toward you. The tray will come out.
a faulty drive), remove the four screws securing the drive to the tray,
and pull the drive straight up out of the tray. If the tray never had a
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