Hard Drive Install Process Ess

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take up a large amount of file space. A more insidious culprit is undeleted E-mail and its attachments. Add in the movie trailers you have been downloading and all those scanned photos that are too cute to delete, and you may find yourself looking for a bigger hard drive. Here we will help you gather the needed equipment, install, and troubleshoot a new hard drive.
What will you need to complete this task? The tools needed are as follows: Phillips screwdriver or a nut driver set, small pliers, paper, and pen. It will also take approximately two hours to install the drive but it could take longer. The cost of hard drives vary but plan on spending $50 to $1,500, depending upon the capacity and type of hard drive you desire.
We are now ready to begin installing the hard drive installation. Read your new hard drives documentation thoroughly. Back up your entire old hard drive to an appropriate medium, such as tape or a Zip or LS-120 disk. If the hard drive or computer ...

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set the jumper accordingly. The new hard drive's label or documentation will indicate its jumper's correct orientation, but it probably came with the jumper preset to be a solitary master drive. Look at the flat gray data cable connected to your old drive. Notice that its red stripe is pointing toward the power cable's connector. You must connect the cable to the new drive the same way. Disconnect the data and power cables from the old hard drive by grasping their connectors and pulling with firm, even pressure. You can rock the connectors slightly from side to side but be careful not to break the pins to which they connect. This cable or terminator must be connected to the new drive in ...

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