Removing The Hard Disk Drive - EUROCOM ARMADILLO 2 W840AU Service Manual

Disassembly

Removing the Hard Disk Drive

The hard disk drive can be taken out to accommodate other 2.5" serial (SATA) hard disk drives with a height of 9.5mm
Figure 4
or 7mm (h). Follow your operating system's installation instructions, and install all necessary drivers and utilities (as
HDD Assembly
outlined in Chapter 4 of the User's Manual) when setting up a new hard disk.
Removal
Hard Disk Upgrade Process
a. Remove the screws.
b. Remove the cover.
1. Turn off the computer, turn it over.
2. Locate the hard disk bay cover and remove screws
3. Slide the bay cover
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3. Hard Disk Bay Cover
• 2 Screws
2 - 8 Removing the Hard Disk Drive
until the cover and case indicators
3
a.
1
2
b.
4
4
- from the bottom cover
1 2
are aligned
4
3
)
(Figure 4a .
(Figure 4b).
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HDD System Warning
New HDD's are blank. Before you
begin make sure:
You have backed up any data
you want to keep from your old
HDD.
You have all the CD-ROMs and
FDDs required to install your op-
erating system and programs.
If you have access to the internet,
download the latest application
and hardware driver updates for
the operating system you plan to
install. Copy these to a remov-
able medium.