HP SR1060AP, SR1110IL Removing and replacing drives, Replacing the front panel, Removing a drive

replacing the front panel

1Align the top of the front panel with the top of the chassis front.

2Press the panel onto the chassis at the top and at each side near the bottom until the panel snaps into place.

locating components inside the PC

AUpper optical drive bay, may be a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+RW/+R, or combination drive

BLower optical drive bay, may be empty (blank plate) or a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+RW/+R, or combination drive

CMemory card reader (select models)

DDiskette (floppy) drive (select models)

EFront connector panel (no replacement instructions)

FHard disk drive

removing and replacing drives

Your PC has several drives that you can replace or upgrade. See the preceding topic, “locating components inside the PC“ for drive type and location.

CAUTION: Back up your personal files on the hard disk drive to an external storage device, such as a CD, before removing the hard disk drive. Failure to do so will result in data loss. After replacing the hard disk drive, you need to run System Recovery using the recovery discs to load the factory- installed files. See the User’s Guide for details about the recovery procedure.

You can add an optical drive into an empty lower optical drive bay.

IMPORTANT: Before adding a new optical drive, make sure that it is compatible with the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system. Also, make sure you have the correct software and drivers for the optical drive to work with the operating system.

removing a drive

1Complete the procedures to prepare the PC, to remove the side panel, and to remove the front panel. See “opening and closing the pc“ on page 1.

2Locate the drive you want to remove.