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Replacing the primary hard disk drive
Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding the
“Important safety information” in the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide that came with
your computer. To obtain a copy of the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide, go to:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
This section provides instructions on how to replace the primary hard disk drive if
your computer has one. For computer models that do not have an internal hard
disk drive and use a remote hard disk drive accessed through the SMC - Storage
Array, contact your network or storage administrator.
Important
When you receive a new hard disk drive, you also receive a set of Product
Recovery discs. The set of Product Recovery discs enables you to restore the
contents of the hard disk drive to the factory-installed state. For more
information on recovering factory-installed software, refer to Chapter 3,
“Recovery information,” on page 51.
To replace the primary hard disk drive:
1. Remove the computer cover. See “Removing the computer cover” on page 14.
2. Locate the primary hard disk drive. See “Drive specifications” on page 21.
3. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
4. Press the blue release tab 1 down, slide the hard disk drive cage 2 back,
and pivot it outward.
Figure 21. Removing the primary hard disk drive
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