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June 26th 04, 02:12 AM
I am really having trouble replacing my old hard drive
with a new one. I've gotten as far as getting the left
side panel off but I can't figure out how to push the
drive out through the front without breaking the plastic
cover. Any help is appreciated!

Cari \(MS MVP\)
June 26th 04, 04:20 AM
You do not usually remove hard drives through the front of a PC case. Remove
the retaining screws and the cables, them 'reverse' the drive out and remove
from the case.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com


> wrote in message
...
>I am really having trouble replacing my old hard drive
> with a new one. I've gotten as far as getting the left
> side panel off but I can't figure out how to push the
> drive out through the front without breaking the plastic
> cover. Any help is appreciated!

July 1st 04, 11:20 PM
Just a wild guess, but since I don't know what brand pc
you have (not that it really matters), in my experience
the hard drive does not go thru the front panel but slides
out of a cage. Make sure you have a good 360 degree view
of your hard drive and look for any screws attached to the
bottom-sides- or top that may have to be removed

Rick T
July 1st 04, 11:58 PM
wrote:

> I am really having trouble replacing my old hard drive
> with a new one. I've gotten as far as getting the left
> side panel off but I can't figure out how to push the
> drive out through the front without breaking the plastic
> cover. Any help is appreciated!

If the drive is behind a 3.5" popout (like for a floppy drive or
something) then that thing *is* actually made to come out... a
screwdriver wedged in the right place might help.


Rick
and now you've got *all* the possible solutions... short of sawing the
drive in half <g>