HP LTE 5000 Service Manual

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 open the drive
cover.

• Remove the old hard disk drive.

• Install the new disk drive.

• Close the drive cover.

• 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(714) 424-5520. Online support is
available at www.cmsproducts.com or
[e-mail].

Installation & Set-Up Guide

Hard Disk

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.

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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June, 1999

Installation

& Set-Up

Guide

For Compaq® LTE 5000

Personal Computers

To replace your hard disk with

your new CMS hard disk drive for your Compaq
LTE 5000 series computer, 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

With your LTE 5000 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 battery is to your left. The
print on the label should be right side up. Using
a small slot screwdriver, remove the screw which
holds the drive lock in place (Figure 1, step 1).
Open the drive cover on the front of the unit,
and slide the lock to the right to unlock the drive
(step 2). Grasp the tab on the drive and gently
slide the drive towards you and out of the
computer (step 3.)

1

2

3

Figure 1

3. Install the disk drive

Install the new disk drive by sliding it into the
recess with the blue printed logo side down
(Figure 2.) 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. Close the drive cover, and reinstall the
latch screw.

2

3

1

Figure 2

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.

Once your drive is partitioned and formatted,
you should restore your operating system
(Windows) and your data from the backup you
did in Step 1.

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 CD­ROM 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 CD­ROM drive at D:, which may have changed. If
you have problems running these applications,
verify the drive letter of 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 to move your data.