Remove a Hard Disk

Remove a hard disk by doing the reverse of the installation procedures. Turn off the power to this device and any peripheral devices and remove the power cord and all cables connecting to peripheral devices before removing the hard disk.

Using the upgraded hard disk

Login with administrator privileges and follow the procedures below for "Creating the partition", "Setting the partition type", and "Formatting the partition". The upgraded hard disk is created as an extended partition and this device may not operate properly without NTFS formatting.

1Turn the power on and log in with Administrator privileges.

2Click Windows Start, then Control Panel.

3From the Category View, click Performance and Maintenance and then click the Control Panel icon Administrative Tools.

4Double-click the Computer Management shortcut icon to display the Computer Management properties box.

5Click Disk Management located in the Computer Management directory tree.

The status of partitions displays in the right side of the window. A new hard disk or a hard disk that has not been used will display a Status of Not Assigned.

6Right click on the upgraded hard disk, Disk “x” (where x equals 1 or 2) and select Initialize Disk.

7Make sure the disk selected in Step 6 is checked and click OK.

Note: The above procedure may not be necessary depending on the hard disk to be upgraded.

8Right click on the Not Assigned area and click New Partition. The New Partition Wizard screen displays.

9Click Next. The Select Partition Type screen displays.

10Select Extended Partition and click Next. The Specify Partition Size screen is displays.

Note: Always select Extended Partition when creating a partition. Failure in the software operation happens if the Primary Partition is selected.

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