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CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING ADDITIONAL OR REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS
Removing the Hard Drives
Use the procedure below to remove your system’s the hard disk drives.
Follow the instructions in “Before You Begin” on page 1. 33.
Loosen the two captive screws and remove the compartment door.2.
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1 compartment door 3 front of the notebook
2 captive screws (2)
Upgrading/Replacing Hard Drives
Your notebook is equipped with two sets of hard drive sockets.
If only one hard drive is being installed, place the primary hard drive in the •
socket indicated by the “HDD0” designation.
If two hard drives are being installed, place the primary hard drive in the •
socket indicated by the “HDD0” designation and the secondary hard drive in
the socket indicated by the “HDD1” designation.
Below are the three major scenarios:
One Windows•
®
bootable hard drive: e hard drive should be placed in the
primary hard drive socket (HDD0).
One Windows•
®
bootable hard drive and another Windows
®
non-bootable hard
drive: e bootable hard drive should be placed in the primary hard drive
socket (HDD0).
Both hard drives are Windows•
®
bootable: Choose the hard drive you want the
computer to boot up from and have this drive installed in the primary hard
drive socket (HDD0).