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Compaq P 110 User Manual

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Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

Maintenance and Service Guide

4–3

Before handling a drive, ensure that you are discharged of
static electricity. While handling a drive, avoid touching the
connector.

Handle drives on surfaces that have at least one inch of
shock-proof foam.

Avoid dropping drives from any height onto any surface.

After removing a hard drive, CD-ROM drive, or a diskette
drive, place it into a static-proof bag.

Avoid exposing a hard drive to products that have magnetic
fields such as monitors or speakers.

Avoid exposing a drive to temperature extremes or to liquids.

If a drive must be mailed, do the following: place the drive
into a bubble pack mailer or other suitable form of protective
packaging; label the package “Fragile: Handle With Care.”