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remove the silver foil screen
HARD DRIVE REPLACEMENT
disarm the front
do not do as I do, turn it off first :)
place it on a flat surface
use screwdriver THOR
remove the 4 screws holding the screen
remove the silver foil screen
lifting the plastic sticking to the chassis
we can see some components
webcam and microphone disconnected first removed the tape that covers
lift the screen from the top
we can see the hard disk
do not remove the entire screen
remove the bracket that holds
you can remove it without releasing but so would we do then
HDD holder
disconnected data and power cable carefully
removed the hard drive
our damaged hard drive
place where the hard drive
2 pins removed for use in the new hard drive
use the screwdriver Thor
pins
new hard drive
unpack
install the plastic holder
attention to the direction of the data and power connectors
pins installed
on the same side of the hard drive as pictured
connect sata and power cables
Ready
pins align
HDD installed and connected
aligns the pins first then do the plastic holder pressure down
we set down the screen
paste back the silver sticker
before, a coffee
glue the plastic to the bottom of the screen
screwed with magnetic tip
connect webcam and microphone cables
you can do it before or after setting the screen if you do then be sure to leave visible cables
ready, then put the lid attention to the metal guides
metal guides inside the chassis will, first top
bottom after until well
the top of the ram but need not remove I had done
install the O.S in this case Leopard 10.5
Turn on the IMAC
insert installation disk
Waiting...
choose a language
click Next...
accept
OOPS!! our NEW HD does not appear, only that I have connected external hd
tranquilos, hay que formatearlo
go to the top menu
click disk utility
see our new HD in the list and one external
click to our new HD
go to the partition tab, format it with MacOs Extended (journaled)
choose a name, I put as the name "HD"
number of partitions 1 can make as many partitions you want
apply
volumes are deleted, click on partition
partitioned disk now appears in the list with the name HD
Hard disk detail, close disk utility
hallelujah! there we have our hard drive ready
click on the disk that we format
I have installation options
aparese this list, I recommend not to install the printer drivers, you can install them later, you'll save space
choose the first option and it is for the first time, the other options are if you have previous installation
Later...
finish the installation
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