Armada 4100 Service Manual

your CD-ROM, 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
drive screws

• Remove the old hard disk drive

• Separate the drive from the carrier

• Install the new disk drive

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

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
[e-mail] and
www.cmsproducts.com.

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.

Installation & Set-Up Guide

Hard Disk

Installation

& Set-Up

Guide

There is a known issue with some
computers and their PCMCIA card slots. The
EasyBundle interface card may not be
recognized by your system when you plug
the card into the slot. If this is the case,
move the card to the other slot and try
again.

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072604.3

June, 1999

For Compaq® Armada 4100 Series

Personal Computers

To replace your hard disk with

your new CMS hard disk drive for your
Armada 4100, follow these instructions.

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 and all
cables disconnected from it, 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 two screws which hold the drive
in place (Figure 1). Using the thumb tab on
the drive, gently slide the drive to the right
and out of the computer.

1. Remove two screws here

2. Slide the drive out

Figure 1

B. The disk drive bracket is attached to the
carrier (with the front panel) by the press fit
of small pins. Use a small flat-bladed

screwdriver to carefully separate the carrier
from the drive and its bracket (Figure 2).
Use care to avoid breaking the thin plastic of
the carrier.

Pry the drive carefully
from the bracket

Figure 2

3. Install the disk drive

A. Set the new disk drive and it’s bracket
into place on the carrier, and press the pins
into place in the holes of the carrier.

B. Install the new disk drive by sliding it
into the recess, reversing the operation in
Step 2A, above. Slide the drive into the
computer and carefully push the drive into
place to fully mate the connectors until you
hear the lock click into place. Reinstall the
retaining screws.

4. Setting up your new 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. Newer

versions of Win ’95 do not have this
limitation and can fully utilize your new
large capacity drive as a single partition.

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.

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 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