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Removing a drive – Compaq 8000 User Manual

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Getting Started

8–7

Upgrading the PC

Removing a Drive

1. Locate the drive you want to remove.

2. Complete the procedure described in

“Preparing the PC” on page 8–2.

3. Disconnect the power cable

1 and data cable

2 from the back of the drive you want to
remove, as indicated in the following
illustrations. Use a gentle rocking motion.
Some units may have a sound cable. If so,
disconnect the sound cable

3.

Disconnecting the optical drive cables

1

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

2

Second optical drive (may be a DVD-ROM,
DVD+RW/+R, CD-ROM, or CD-RW drive)

3

Diskette drive

4

Hard disk drive