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Paul K · 01-10-2005, 19:45

Agreed it's not difficult. If you can get your PC casing open then that's half the job done already.
Normally it's just a case of powering the PC down,
open the case up,
unscrew the old drive from it's mounting point,
pull it forwards from the casing, remove cables,
plug cables into the new drive in the same positions as they were in the old drive (more often than not they only fit one way round and into one place so you can't mix up where they go),
place new drive into case mounting,
replace screws and tighten to hold in position.
Sometimes if the cables aren't very long you have to remove them from the old drive while it's in it's mounting and plug them into the new one once it's in position but it's not dificult at all.
Is it a tower casing or desktop? Desktops can be harder but only due to the restricted space within the casing to get your hands/ fingers.

01-10-2005, 19:45	#5
Paul K Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Essex innit Age: 52 Services: Sky HD + 16Mb ADSL BT Telephone Posts: 15,735	Re: Can you help please? Agreed it's not difficult. If you can get your PC casing open then that's half the job done already. Normally it's just a case of powering the PC down, open the case up, unscrew the old drive from it's mounting point, pull it forwards from the casing, remove cables, plug cables into the new drive in the same positions as they were in the old drive (more often than not they only fit one way round and into one place so you can't mix up where they go), place new drive into case mounting, replace screws and tighten to hold in position. Sometimes if the cables aren't very long you have to remove them from the old drive while it's in it's mounting and plug them into the new one once it's in position but it's not dificult at all. Is it a tower casing or desktop? Desktops can be harder but only due to the restricted space within the casing to get your hands/ fingers.