Installing a Hard Drive

A detailed Summary of Installing a Hard Drive

Installing a IDE or EIDE hard drive on a Pentium computer

To install a hard drive in your computer you must have a decent knowledge of

Computers and know what basic commands do. I wouldn't recommend a beginner trying

to install a hard drive. These instructions are meant for intermediates or above. Before

you start you should have already bought your hard drive. You will need a Phillips screw

driver, your Windows CD, and the manual that came with your computer.

Before you get ready to install your new hard drive. Unpack the drive you just bought

and make sure the hard drive, cables, manual, and diskette are there.

We will begin by removing the four screws that hold the computer cover to the frame of

the computer. The easiest way to identify which screws to take out is to see which screws

are covering the painted edge of the cover. Other screws, which you don't want to take

out, hold the power supply which could harm the computer. Once the screws are taken

out, the cover may still be hard to slide out. Use both hands, on each side of the cover

Now find the hard drive it should be in the second slot starting from the top.

hard drive. The three cables you will be connecting are different sizes and will only go in

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