Chapter 7 Installing and Removing Disk Drives

Using the Correct Drive Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2How to Use This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3Setting the Hard Disk Drive Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4Setting the Jumpers for Two Hard Disk Drives . . . . . . . . 7-4Changing the Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5Installing a Hard Disk in the Vertical Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7Removing the Mounting Frames From the Drive . . . . . . 7-8

Removing and Attaching the Mounting Plate . . . . . . . . 7-10Installing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12Attaching the Cable to the Bottom of the Subassembly. 7-19Removing a Hard Disk From the Vertical Position . . . . . . . . . 7-21

Installing or Removing a Disk Drive in the

Horizontal Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23Installing a Disk Drive in the Horizontal Position. . . . . . 7-24Removing a Disk Drive From the Horizontal Position . . 7-33

Appendix A Troubleshooting

Identifying Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Computer Won’t Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Computer Does Not Respond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Password Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Setting a New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Keyboard Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diskette Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diskette Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hard Disk Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Preparing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accessing Data on the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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