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.

Important Terms: 

Rail kit—this is the metal box that contains the actual hard drive. The rail kit is the metal box that you see when opening the hard drive access door. It is used to mount the hard drive in your machine. 

Tools You Will Need:

A small Phillips blade screwdriver 

Removing the existing hard drive

1. Make sure the machine is powered off.
2. Turn your machine over.
3. Locate the floppy drive. There is a small latch that is holding the floppy drive in place. This latch in turn is held in place by a small screw. Remove this screw.
4. Remove the floppy disk drive by moving the latch aside and sliding the drive out of the unit until the arrow on the floppy drive matches the arrow on the machine. When the arrows match up, lift the drive straight out of the machine.
5. You should now see the hard drive contained in its rail kit. The rail kit is made of Grey metal and has two tabs on one side that are screwed down into the case of your WinBook XL.
6. Remove the two screws that are holding the rail kit in place.
7. Slide the rail kit out of the machine. DO NOT LIFT UP ON THE HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY UNTIL YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE PINS ARE DISENGAGED.
8. Lift the hard drive assembly out of the machine.
9. There are four screws (two on each side of the assembly) that hold the hard drive in the rail kit. Remove these screws. WHEN REMOVING THESE SCREWS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCREWDRIVER YOU ARE USING FITS THE SCREWS WELL. FAILURE TO USE THE PROPER SIZE SCREWDRIVER CAN DAMAGE THE SCREWS AND NECESSITATE SENDING YOUR HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY IN TO BE REPAIRED.
10. After removing all four screws on the sides of the hard drive assembly the removal of the hard drive is now complete.

Installing a new hard drive/Reinstalling the hard drive

1. Locate the necessary equipment to complete the install of the new hard drive. This includes the drive, the Grey metal rail kit, the four screws that go into side of the rail kit, and the small screw that holds the floppy drive latch in place.
2. Place the hard drive into the rail kit. It should be oriented such that the green printed circuit board is against the metal rail kit. When you have it in place you can then put the screws into the side of the drive to fasten the rail kit in place.
3. Now carefully place the assembly into the hard drive bay. Carefully slide it into place. Note that you may need to adjust the position slightly to allow the pins to engage properly.
4. When you have the pins engaged, continue pushing the drive into place until it will not go any further. At this point the holes in the tabs on the rail kit should match up with the screw holes.
5. Fasten the hard drive assembly in place by replacing the screws into the tabs on the rail kit.
6. Put the floppy drive in place on the bottom of the machine. When placing the floppy drive in place the arrows should be lined up on the machine and the removable floppy drive. The drive should then drop down into place.
7. Slide the drive in towards the center of the machine until it will go no further.
8. Move the floppy drive latch back into place.
9. The screw hole next to the floppy latch should now be visible. Put the appropriate screw back in its place.
10. The floppy drive is now locked in place and the installation of the hard drive is now complete.

If you have any questions regarding this procedure, or if you run into some difficulties while working through this procedure, please call WinBook Corporation Technical Support at 1-800-468-1225 Monday through Friday 9am-9pm EST.

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