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Chapter 15: Upgrading Your Notebook

Replacing the main hard drive kit

If you would like more hard drive capacity, you can replace your original drive with a higher-capacity drive.

Hard drive

To replace the main hard drive kit:

1 Follow the instructions under “Preventing static electricity discharge” on page 246.

2 Turn off your notebook, disconnect the AC adapter and modem and network cables.

3 Disconnect from the optional port replicator (see “Disconnecting from the port replicator” on page 260).

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Turn your notebook over so that the bottom is facing up.

Remove the main and optional secondary batteries.

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