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.
Remember the drive should be about 3 1/2 inches in width, 6 inches long, and an inch in
height. Usually the hard drive is a silver and black color. After finding the drive, make
sure you remove any static carried in your body by touching something metal before
touching the insides of the computer. Now you will find two cables; these are ribbon
cables that connect the drive to the computer. You will also find a power cable; it has
four separate wires connected to plastic connectors on each end. To remove the cables,
you just pull straight out. This shouldn't take a lot of pressure, but just be sure pull the
cables by the plastic connectors and not by the wires. Remove
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