NOTE: You, the customer, are solely responsible for data security. WinBook strongly recommends that you perform a backup of all personal data contained on your system prior to performing this procedure. Warning: WinBook will NOT be held responsible for any data loss incurred during this process.

1. Back up the installed drive completely. Be sure that you have the bootable floppy disk that came with your WinBook XP5 Pro if your new drive does not come with an operating system (e.g. Windows 95) already loaded.
2. Power down the system completely. You should unplug the drive or shut down your power strip before removing the drive. Disconnect any attached peripherals.
3. Turn the WinBook XP5 Pro over. Locate the three screws that hold the hard disk in place and unfasten them.
4. Gently slide the installed hard drive from its bay.
5. Remove the new hard drive from its anti-static bag. You can use the same anti-static bag to store your old hard drive.
6. The hard drive is secured to rails that have been custom designed for your WinBook XP5 Pro. You will need to remove the old drive from these rails. Remove the screws which hold the hard drive in [XP5 Pro 5.5] rail unit. Gently lift the old drive up and out of the rail unit. Gently slide the new drive into the rail unit. Secure the screws that hold the hard drive to the rail unit.
7. Slide the new hard drive into place.
8. Be sure that it is properly seated before securing it with the three screws.
9. If you have an operating system already installed on your new drive, you should be able to boot to it. If not, be sure to place your floppy drive into the media bay and place your bootable floppy disk into the drive before turning on the computer. When you are ready to boot, turn on your WinBook XP5 Pro. Skip to step 15 if your drive has an operating system already loaded.
10. Turn over your WinBook XP5 Pro. Insert your boot diskette into the floppy drive. NOTE: This is the boot diskette that came with your system, not a bootable diskette that you have made via Windows 95. The diskette that came with your system has all the proper drivers for the WinBook XP5 Pro hardware.[XP5 Pro 5.6]
11. Turn on your computer. It will boot from the floppy diskette. The floppy diskette will install the necessary files and drivers to your system.
12. Power down the system.
13. Remove your boot diskette. Remove the floppy drive from the media bay and replace it with the CD drive.
14. Turn on the system and insert your Windows 95 CD into the CD drive.
15. An AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your new hard drive will now install Windows 95 from the CD.
16. Depending on the backup system that you have, you might need to load the backup software from your original disks before restoring your files.
17. Either restore your existing programs, configurations and files from your backup or reinstall the software from your original disks or CDs. If you do chose to reinstall from your original disks, you might need to reset preferences in your programs. It is usually much quicker and easier to restore from your backup.

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