Gateway 400SD4 Guía De Referencia
CHAPTER 8: Upgrading Your Notebook
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Replacing the hard drive kit
Tools
Required
You need a small
Phillips screwdriver to
replace the hard drive.
You also need an
external recordable
disc drive to create the
Drivers and
Applications Recovery
disc.
If you would like more hard drive capacity, you
can replace your original drive with a
higher-capacity drive.
can replace your original drive with a
higher-capacity drive.
To replace the hard drive kit:
Important
If your hard drive has
failed, Gateway will
send a replacement
send a replacement
hard drive already
loaded with your
operating system,
drivers, and
applications. Contact
Gateway Customer
Care at the Web
address or telephone
number shown on the
label on the bottom of
your notebook for
more information.
1
Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery
disc. For more information, see “Creating
Drivers and Applications Recovery discs” in
the online User Guide.
disc. For more information, see “Creating
Drivers and Applications Recovery discs” in
the online User Guide.
2
Print the “Recovering Your System” chapter
from the online User Guide for use in
from the online User Guide for use in
3
Back up any data you want to transfer to
the new hard drive. For more information,
see “Backing up files” in the online User
Guide.
the new hard drive. For more information,
see “Backing up files” in the online User
Guide.
4
Follow the guidelines under
5
Turn off your notebook.
6
Disconnect from the optional port
replicator.
replicator.
7
Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable,
and network cable if they are connected to
the notebook.
and network cable if they are connected to
the notebook.
8
Disconnect all peripheral devices
connected to the notebook and remove
any PC cards.
connected to the notebook and remove
any PC cards.
Hard drive