Removing an external 3.5-inch drive – HP DC7800 User Manual
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10.
Rotate the drive cage back down to its normal position.
CAUTION:
Be careful not to pinch any cables or wires when rotating the drive cage down.
The system automatically recognizes the drive and reconfigures the computer.
Removing an External 3.5-inch Drive
CAUTION:
All removable media should be taken out of a drive before removing the drive from the
computer.
NOTE:
The 3.5-inch drive bay may contain a diskette drive or a media card reader.
The 3.5-inch drive is located underneath the optical drive. You must remove the optical drive before
removing the external 3.5-inch drive.
1.
Follow the procedure in
Removing an Optical Drive on page 130
to remove the optical drive and
access the 3.5-inch drive.
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