Replacing a hard disk drive

Attention

Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading 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 will enable you to restore the contents of the hard disk drive to the same state as when your computer was originally shipped from the factory. For more information on recovering factory-installed software, refer to “Recovering software” in your ThinkCentre User Guide.

To replace the hard disk drive:

1.Open the computer cover. See “Opening the 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. Rotate the hard disk drive upwards and lift up to remove the hard disk drive from the computer.

Figure 20. Removing the hard disk drive

5.Disconnect the signal and power cables from the hard disk drive.

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