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.

To Upgrade Your Hard Drive:

1. Back up the installed drive completely. Be sure that you have the bootable CD-ROM that came with your WinBook notebook.
2. Power down the system completely. You should unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery before removing the drive. Disconnect any attached peripherals. See Chapter 3 for instructions on removing the battery from the WinBook notebook.
3. Turn the system over. The front of the unit should be facing you.
4. The hard disk drive (HDD) compartment is located toward the front and center of the unit. There is one screw that secures the rail kit assembly to the unit. Remove the screw and set it in a safe place. (Figure 1)
   
   
   
5. The HDD is mounted into a rail kit that is then installed into the computer. Gently lift the bezel of the rail kit upwards and it will "click" into the unlock position. Then pull the rail kit bezel towards you to disengage it from the system.
   
   
   
6. There are 4 screws holding the HDD in the bracket. Remove the screws and set them in a safe place. Angle the bracket off the drive. Remove the adapter from the pins of the drive.
7. Remove the new hard drive from its anti-static bag. You can use the same anti-static bag to store your old hard drive.
8. Connect the adapter to the pins of the new drive. Angle the new drive into the rail kit. Secure the four screws that hold the HDD to the rail kit.
9. Slide the rail kit back into the computer until the bezel is flush with the front of the notebook. The bezel must be in the unlocked (raised) position in order for the rail kit to be completely installed. Do not force the HDD into place as this can damage the internal connector of the notebook as well as the pins of the new HDD
10. Press down gently on the rail kit bezel until it 'clicks' into the locked position.
11. Replace the Hard Disk Drive compartment cover making sure the screw hole in the cover lines up with the screw hole in the case. Secure the cover with the screw.
12. Insert your WinBook restore CD into the CD-ROM, DVD or Combo drive.
13. When you boot the computer, the recovery program should start automatically. If it does not, restart the system and press [F2] to enter the Setup utility. Set the boot devices so that the CD-ROM, DVD or Combo drive boots before the hard disk drive. See Chapter 7 of your users Manual if you need more information about the Setup utility. Exit Setup. The recover program should start now.
14. Your WinBook CD-ROM is designed to automatically recover a completely blank hard drive.
15. The recovery program will automatically create the primary partition. When the drive has been formatted, the complete file recovery process will start and proceed automatically. Your system will now be restored to the original shipping configuration. You will need to restore any files and programs created since you purchased the WinBook notebook.
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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