Replacing The Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre A58 5473 User Manual

Replacing the 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 hard disk drive.
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 39.
To replace the hard disk drive:
1. Open the computer cover. See "Opening the computer cover" on page 12.
2. You might need to pivot the drive bay assembly upward to gain easy access
to the hard disk drive.
3. Locate the hard disk drive.
4. Push the blue handle of the hard disk drive bracket inwards to release the two
clips 1 that secure the hard disk drive to the chassis, and then rotate the
hard disk drive upwards and lift it up to remove it from the computer.
Figure 16. Removing the hard disk drive
5. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
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