NEC VERSA SX HARD DISK DRIVE Upgrade Manual

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Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive on the NEC Versa SX 1Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive on theNEC Versa ® SXCongratulations on becoming the owner of the NEC Versa SX system.No need to worry about outgrowing your current hard disk drive because NEC offers a varietyof hard disk drive configurations to meet your growing data needs. You can replace yourexisting hard disk drive with a larger hard disk drive in most models of the NEC Versa SXnotebook computer.Note Some NEC Versa SX models require that an authorized NECC Customer Supportrepresentative replace the internal hard disk drive. See the following instructions to determine ifyou can replace/upgrade the hard disk drive yourself.Once you replace your new hard disk, you may also want to restore your NEC Versa to itsoriginal shipping state. You can restore your system to its original state using the ProductRecovery CD, which also shipped with your NEC Versa system.Note For hard disks, 12-GB or larger, the restore process creates two partitions, not a singlepartition as shipped from the factory. If you want to create a single partition for your hard disk, runthe Partition Magic software (version 4.1 or higher) after the restore process completes. PartitionMagic can either be downloaded from a URL address provided by NECC Customer Support, orinstalled from the Application and Driver CD that ships with your system (not available on allCDs). See the document,Restoring the 12- and 18-GB Hard Disk Drive," which shipped withyour 12-GB or larger hard disk, for detailed instructions on using the Product Recovery CD and/orcreating a single partition with Partition Magic.To be sure that you own a unit with a user-replaceable hard disk drive, check the following. Turn your system over. Note the label on the back of the unit, which contains the Doc ID(model name), Model Number, and NEC Serial Number for the unit. Look at the 14-alphanumeric characters in the model number. A unit with a user-replaceablehard disk drive has the letter “A” in the next to last position of the model number. Anexample of a model number for a unit with a user-replaceable hard disk drive isVS210010-0000A0.Note If your model number does not contain the letter “A” in the next to last position, you cannot replace the hard disk drive yourself. Contact your NECC Customer Support representative forassistance in replacing/upgrading your hard disk drive.You can increase the system’s storage capacity by replacing the standard hard disk drive. Thehard disk drive is located under the keyboard in your NEC Versa notebook computer. You mustremove the keyboard retainer and lift the keyboard before replacing the hard disk drive.Replace the hard disk drive as follows.Note Be sure to back up all important data files before you remove and/or replace the harddisk. Failure to do so could result in loss of data.