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Upgrading the hard disk drive/ssd, Upgrading the hard disk drive/ssd -9 – Eurocom Uno 3 User Manual

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Upgrading The Computer

Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive/SSD 6 - 9

6

Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive/SSD

The hard disk drive can be taken out to accommodate other 2.5"(63.5mm) or
3.5"(88.9mm) serial (SATA) hard disk drives (see

“Storage” on page C - 3

), or a

Solid State Drive (SSD). Follow your operating system’s installation instructions,
and install all necessary drivers and utilities (as outlined in

“Driver Installation Pro-

cedure” on page 4 - 6

), when setting up a new hard disk.

See the following pages for the appropriate information:

“Removing the 3.5" (88.9mm) HDD” on page 6 - 10

.

“Replacing the Brackets & Screws in the 3.5" (88.9mm) HDD” on page 6 - 12

.

“Removing the 2.5" (63.5mm) HDD or SSD” on page 6 - 14

.

“Removing the 2.5" (63.5mm) HDD from the Bracket.” on page 6 - 15

.

“Removing the SSD from the Bracket.” on page 6 - 16

HDD System

Warning

New HDD’s are blank. Be-
fore you begin make sure:
You have backed up any
data you want to keep from
your old HDD.
You have all the CD-ROMs
and FDDs required to in-
stall your operating system
and programs.
If you have access to the in-
ternet, download the latest
application and hardware
driver updates for the oper-
ating system you plan to in-
stall. Copy these to a
removable medium.