1Optical drive, may be a CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, or DVD+RW/+R drive

2Second optical drive, may be a DVD-ROM, DVD+RW/+R, CD-ROM, CD-RW drive, or 7-In-1 memory card reader (select models only)

3Diskette (floppy) drive

4Hard disk drive

removing or upgrading a drive

Depending on your PC configuration, you may have up to four of the following storage drives in your PC:

•CD-ROM or CD-RW drive

•DVD-ROM or DVD+RW/+R drive

•Hard disk drive

•Diskette drive

•7-In-1 memory card reader (select models only)

You need a screwdriver to replace any of the drives.

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 “using application recovery and system recovery” for details.

locating drive positions

drive positions on the S0000/8000 series (S0000 shown)

removing a drive

1Locate the drive you want to remove.

2Complete the procedure described in “preparing the pc” on page 88.

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