Replacing The Primary Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo ThinkCentre 7515 Maintenance Manual

Replacing the primary hard disk drive

This section provides instructions on how to replace the primary hard disk drive.
To replace the primary hard disk drive:
Figure 20. Removing the primary hard disk drive
Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading and understanding 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
Important
When you receive a new hard disk drive, you also receive a set of Product
Recovery discs. The set of Product Recovery discs enables you to restore the
contents of the hard disk drive to the factory-installed state. For more
information on recovering factory-installed software, refer to "Recovering
software" in your ThinkCentre User Guide.
1. Remove the computer cover. See "Removing the computer cover" on page 86.
2. Locate the primary hard disk drive.
3. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable from the hard disk drive.
4. Press the blue release tab 1 down, slide the hard disk drive cage 2 back,
and pivot it outward.
5. Remove the hard disk drive cage from the chassis by simply sliding it
outward.
6. Pull on the blue handle 3 to release and remove the hard disk drive from
the drive cage.
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