Armada 1100 Service Manual

expecting to find your CD-ROM drive at D:, which
may have changed. If you have problems running
these applications, verify the drive letter of your CD­ROM, and reinstall the CD-ROM applications if the
CD-ROM drive is at a new drive letter.

Remember, perform this step of making partitions
and formatting them only if you didn’t use EasyMove
in Step 1, above.

5. Review

• Use EasyMove (if available) to transfer your data

or

• If you don’t use EasyMove, back up your data.

• Turn the computer over and remove the seven
keyboard screws

• Remove the keyboard/cover

• Remove the drive from the computer

• Install the new disk drive

• Replace the keyboard/cover and screws

• If you didn’t use EasyMove, partition and format
the disk, then restore your operating system and
data from your backup.

Hard Disk

Installation

6. Problems?

Having problems? Review the steps for removal or
installation, then call our Technical Support
Department at 1(800) 555-1671. Online support is
available at http://www.cmsperipheralsinc.com or
[e-mail].

7. Bootable Floppy Disks

To be able to boot (start) your computer without a
hard disk, you’ll need a floppy disk with certain files
and applications on it to boot from. A bootable
floppy disk does not come with your computer, and
you have to make your own before you remove your
hard disk. From the Settings menu, open the control
panel window, then open the Add/Remove Programs
icon. Select the Start-Up Disk tab, then click the
Create Disk button.

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072605.2

January, 1998

& Set-Up

Guide

For Compaq® Armada 1100 Series

Personal Computers

To replace your hard disk with

your new CMS hard disk drive for your Compaq
Armada, follow these instructions.

C. Close the screen and turn your Ar mada back over
onto its screen and replace the screws removed in
step 2A, above.

1. Preserve your data

If you’ve used the EasyMove software to transfer
your data from your original drive to your new drive,
you’re ready to exchange your original and new
drives.

If you don’t have EasyMove, you should back-up
your data using whatever method is best for you
(floppies, tape, network, removable drive, etc.).

2. Remove the old disk drive

A. With your Armada turned off, all cables
disconnected from it, and the battery removed, turn it
over on a flat, stable surface so that the bottom of
the computer is facing you and the labels are to your
right. Using a small slot screwdriver, remove the
seven screws which hold the keyboard/cover in
place (Figure 1). These seven screws are all marked
on the back of the computer with arrows.

Figure 1

Figure 2

C. Use a small slot screwdriver to remove the screw
retaining the drive as shown in Figure 3. Slide the
drive slightly towards you to disconnect it from the
connector in the computer. Lift the drive from the
computer.

Figure 3

3. Install the new disk drive

A. Set the new disk drive into place in the computer,
reversing the operation in Step 2C, above. Align the
drive and connector, then slide the drive to mate the
connectors. Replace the retaining screw.

4. Set up the drive

If you used EasyMove to transfer your data, your
installation is complete. Turn on your computer and
you’re back at work.

If you didn’t use EasyMove, insert a bootable floppy
disk (See Section 7, below) and turn the power on.
The computer will automatically determine the drive
type for your new disk. From the A: prompt, type
FDISK followed by the Return key. Choose option 1
(Create DOS partition or logical drive), then choose
option 1, (Create the primary DOS partition), accept
the maximum size and activate it. Due to the
limitations of Windows 3.1 and early versions of Win
’95, the maximum partition size is 2,048 MB. If your
new disk is larger than this, you’ll then need to
create extended partitions (D and/or E drives) to use
the remaining capacity of the disk. Choose option 1
(Create DOS partition or logical drive). Choose
option 2 (Create extended DOS partition), then
accept the defaults for partition size and logical drive
size. Repeat this step to utilize the full capacity of
your new disk.

When the primary DOS partition is created (and any
extended partitions, if required), reboot your system.
From the A: prompt, type FORMAT C:/S followed
by the Enter key. This will format the primary DOS
partition and copy the system files to it making it a
bootable drive. If you have an extended partition,
type FORMAT D: (or FORMAT E:) followed by the
Return key to format the D/E drive. Remove the
floppy disk, and when you restart your system, it will
boot from your new C drive.

B. Turn your Armada back over onto it’s bottom,
open the screen, and lower the rear feet. As shown
in Figure 2, lift the edge of the keyboard/cover
closest to the screen on both sides of the computer
(left & right). Lift the cover, tilting it towards you to
unlatch it from the front of the computer and lift it
off.

B. Align the front of the cover with the computer
and engage the hooks of the cover in the case, then
lay the cover back into place, reversing step 2B,
above. Gently press the cover into place making sure
it latches down securely.

Note: If your original hard drive only had a single
partition (you only had a C: drive) and your new
drive has multiple partitions, your CD-ROM may have
been moved to the next available drive letter after
your new hard drive partitions. If you have CD-ROM
based applications installed (those that require the
CD-ROM to run), these applications may be