Desktop Computer Hardware Installation and Replacement Guide

Replacing a hard disk drive
Attention
Do not open your computer or attempt any repair before reading the “Important safety
information” in the Safety and Warranty Guide that was included with your computer. To
obtain a copy of the Safety and Warranty Guide, go to the Support Web site at
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
This section provides instructions on how to replace the hard disk drive.
Important
When you receive a new hard disk drive, you also receive a set of Product
Recovery CDs. The set of Product Recovery CDs will enable you to restore the
contents of the hard disk to the same state as when your computer was
originally shipped from the factory. For more information on recovering
factory-installed software, refer to “Recovering software” in your ThinkCentre
User Guide.
To replace the hard disk drive:
1. Open the computer cover. See “Opening the cover” on page 12.
2. Locate the hard disk drive. See Figure 22.
3. Unlatch the hard disk drive front retainers 1 and rotate the hard disk drive
upwards and lift up to remove the hard disk drive from the computer.
Figure 22. Accessing the hard drive
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