A computer repair customer brought in a HP Elitebook Notebook 8440P laptop computer for repair. This customer was trying to restore Microsoft Windows ten operating system but now gets a Windows Error Recovery message when this operating system attempts to boot. Instead of trying to troubleshoot this issue right away, I am going to try to recovery their important data.
Just in case I have to remove and install Microsoft Windows ten operating system again, on this notebook computer system. In order to replace or remove the hard drive on this Hewlett Packard Elitebook notebook computer, you will need to remove the hard drive cover. There are two screws that you need to just loosen.
These screws do not just fall out. Once you loosen these two screws enough, the hard drive cover lifts right off. The hard drive is screwed down by one screw.
Also, this screw loosens up but does not fall out as well. You will want to loosen this screw and then pull the hard drive away, to the side from where it is connected to. Then you can lift the hard drive up and out of this laptop computer.
This hard drive has a metal shield that has four screws. You will want to remove two screws on each side in order to remove this shield. Then you will want to just place the shield on your replacement hard drive.
Now you will want to tighten the shield with that hard drive sticker facing up or the circuit board facing down. You will need to replace this hard drive with a hard drive with serial AT attachment connectors. You will want to tighten the four screws, two on each side, and then place the hard drive into the bay.
You will want to push the hard drive in so that the serial AT attachment connectors slide into the adapter. Then you will need to tighten the one screw that holds the hard drive in place. Finally, you will want to tighten the two screws that hold the hard driver cover in place.
You have just succesfully replaced the hard drive in a Hewlett Packard Elitebook Notebook 8440P laptop computer. These instructions and tips were written for a Hewlett Packard Elitebook notebook model 8440P laptop computer with Microsoft Windows ten operating system installed.