When you have the screw out and the plastic pulled down toward the bottom of the 8200, then grasp it and it and the hdd will come out. Don't forget to change the blade connector on the old drive to the new - look at the business end of the hdds and you'll see what I mean.
Once you slide the cover down that little bit pull out, away from the notebook, on the cover. The drive connection pins is in a small receptical so you need to pull with a lttle force. be carefull becaus once the pins come out of the receptical the drive will come the rest of the way very easily. The cover is part of the drive bay HDD carrier, the whole unit is attatched, screwed, to the HDD.
Thanks, guys. Those tips did it for me. I think the problem was the pin connector. The cover feels more fragile than it really is, and once I popped it down and pulled out firmly, the whole thing slid out with no worries.
And thanks for the heads-up on changing the pin connector to the new hard drive. I'm not sure I would have noticed that if you hadn't called it to my attention. Bay Wolf, that FAQ page you wrote is very helpful. Much better than the Dell manual. go figure.
The new Hitachi is in and working and Windows is installed. Now comes the updates which take longer to download and install than Windows itself. go figure again
johnallg
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When you have the screw out and the plastic pulled down toward the bottom of the 8200, then grasp it and it and the hdd will come out. Don't forget to change the blade connector on the old drive to the new - look at the business end of the hdds and you'll see what I mean.
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Bay Wolf
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January 6th, 2004 00:00
Here is a pictorial on the hard drive and carrier for the I8200
http://www.bay-wolf.com/hdd8000.htm
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Thanks, guys. Those tips did it for me. I think the problem was the pin connector. The cover feels more fragile than it really is, and once I popped it down and pulled out firmly, the whole thing slid out with no worries.
And thanks for the heads-up on changing the pin connector to the new hard drive. I'm not sure I would have noticed that if you hadn't called it to my attention. Bay Wolf, that FAQ page you wrote is very helpful. Much better than the Dell manual. go figure.
The new Hitachi is in and working and Windows is installed. Now comes the updates which take longer to download and install than Windows itself. go figure again
Bay Wolf
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January 6th, 2004 03:00
All right. I'm glad that you got it going.