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CHAPTER 3: Maintaining and 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 kit. You also need
the operating system disc that came with
your notebook.
If you would like more hard drive capacity, you can replace your original drive
with a higher-capacity drive.
with a higher-capacity drive.
To replace the hard drive kit:
Important
If your hard drive has failed and you
cannot create a Drivers and Applications
Recovery disc, Gateway may send you a
set of recovery discs with your
replacement hard drive. Gateway may
also send you a replacement hard drive
with the drivers and applications already
installed. 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 using the procedure found
in the online User Guide.
in the online User Guide.
2
Print the Recovering Your System chapter from the online User Guide for use
in
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.
information, see “Backing up files” in the online User Guide.
4
Follow the guidelines under
5
Turn off your notebook.
6
Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable.
7
Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any PC cards.
8
Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up, then remove the
battery. For more information, see
battery. For more information, see
Hard drive kit