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Name: Lacyt
Date: May 12, 2006 at 17:59:03 Pacific
OS: Win98SE
CPU/Ram: ?
Product: Compaq Presario 524 CDS
Comment:

Can anyone walk me through physical removal of the hard drive from this all-in-one? Need to put a bigger capacity drive in.

Thanks in advance



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Name: name
Date: May 12, 2006 at 19:35:04 Pacific
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It's been awhile since I screwed with one of those things, but seems to me you take out some fairly obviously "large" screws out the back, and the whole "bottom" slides out the back, as I remember.

I figured it out, so it can't be that tough.


Then again, you might try here:


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&tool=prodinfoCategory&dest_page=prodinfoCategory&product=93148

and here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&tool=prodinfoCategory&product=93148&dest_page=prodinfoCategory&


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Response Number 2
Name: Lacyt
Date: May 12, 2006 at 20:11:59 Pacific
Reply:

I got that part, but all that does is unplug the motherboard and lets it slide out the back. The hard drive is up mounted separately up front and under the CD drive. I got the faceplate off okay to expose those, but can't figure out where to go from there. Doesn't seem to be a tray and you can't access the drive screws

Also, any idea where I can get the right drivers for the CD drive - don't know what it is but suspect it's the original because this machine used to belong the County offices where I live so I'm sure they didn't crack it open - ever!

Thanks!


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Response Number 3
Name: Bryco
Date: May 13, 2006 at 03:20:10 Pacific
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Response Number 4
Name: Bryco
Date: May 13, 2006 at 03:23:56 Pacific
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And this one talks about installing the CD drive. See the bottom of the page/article.

Is it a new CD drive or would the machine already contain the drivers for the CD?

Bryan


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