Removing Or Replacing The Bottom Cover; Removing The Bottom Cover - HP Laptop User Manual

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Remove media from a drive before removing the drive from the drive bay, or traveling with,
shipping, or storing a drive.
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If a drive must be mailed, place the drive in a bubble-pack mailer or other suitable protective
packaging and label the package "FRAGILE."
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Avoid exposing a drive to magnetic fields. Security devices with magnetic fields include airport
walk-through devices and security wands. Airport conveyer belts and similar security devices
that check carry-on baggage use X-rays instead of magnetism and do not damage drives.

Removing or replacing the bottom cover

CAUTION:
Save your work and shut down the computer before adding or replacing a memory module or hard
drive.
If you are not sure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on by pressing the
power button. Then shut down the computer through the operating system.

Removing the bottom cover

Remove the bottom cover to access the memory module slot, hard drive, regulatory label, and other
components.
To remove the bottom cover:
1. Remove the battery (see
2. With the battery bay toward you, slide the bottom cover release latch (1) to the left, remove the
screw (if the optional screw is being used) (2), and then slide the release latch again (3) to
release the bottom cover.
NOTE:
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To prevent information loss or an unresponsive system:
Inserting or removing the battery on page
If you want to use the optional screw, it is stored inside the bottom cover.
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