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NEC Versa Dock Installation Manual
NEC Versa Dock Installation Manual

NEC Versa Dock Installation Manual

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NEC Versa
LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock
Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack
Congratulations on purchasing the NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive
Cradle Pack.
If you upgrade to a larger internal disk drive, you can
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use the cradle pack to hold your original internal hard disk drive as a second drive in the
system's VersaBay III after upgrading to a larger internal drive.
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install a new hard disk drive into the cradle pack in the VersaBay III as a second hard
disk drive for the system.
Note
Before attempting to use a new hard disk drive, you must first define the file format for
the system (run fdisk) and format your new hard disk. For details, see the section, "Preparing
Your Hard Disk Drive" later in this document.
This document describes how to remove the system's internal hard disk drive and install it into
the cradle pack as well as how to prepare a new hard disk drive using fdisk and format.
The cradle pack is designed to support the NEC Versa LX systems with
user-removable hard disk drives only. To be sure that you own a unit with a
user-replaceable hard disk drive, check the following.
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Turn over your system. Note the label on the back of the unit, which contains the Doc
ID (model name), Model Number, and NEC Serial Number for the unit.
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Look at the 14-alphanumeric characters in the model number. A unit with a user-
replaceable hard disk drive has the letter "A" in the next to last position of the model
number. An example of a model number for a unit with a user-replaceable hard disk
drive is VL210010-0000A0.
Removing the Internal Hard Disk Drive
If you already upgraded the internal drive, this procedure is not necessary. This information is
also found in the documentation that came with your hard disk drive upgrade.
NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack 1
NEC Versa Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack

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Summary of Contents for NEC Versa Dock

  • Page 1 NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack Congratulations on purchasing the NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack. If you upgrade to a larger internal disk drive, you can use the cradle pack to hold your original internal hard disk drive as a second drive in the system’s VersaBay III after upgrading to a larger internal drive.
  • Page 2: Removing The Battery

    The hard disk drive is located under the battery bay in your NEC Versa notebook computer. You must remove the system’s main battery before removing the hard disk drive. Remove the hard disk drive as follows. Make sure the system is powered off and the AC adapter is disconnected.
  • Page 3: Disconnecting The Drive

    Disconnecting the drive Once the drive is disconnected, use the lever to lift the drive out of the system. Once removed, only handle the drive by its sides. NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack 3...
  • Page 4 Place the cradle pack as shown in the figure in step 2. The side with the screw that secures the hard disk drive is facing up. Remove the screw. Removing the screw A — Screw 4 NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack...
  • Page 5 The cradle with the hard disk drive is ready to be inserted into the system’s VersaBay III slot or into the NEC Versa Dock’s VersaBay III adapter bay. NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack 5...
  • Page 6 Using the NEC Versa and NEC Versa Dock When booting the NEC Versa in the NEC Versa Dock, one of the following messages may appear: NVRAM bad checksum, NVRAM cleared not detected. Resource conflict IDE hard disk not detected. Resource conflict ATAI CD-ROM.
  • Page 7 Some disk compression and defragmentation programs may not work with a drive formatted using FAT 32. Some older DOS applications and utilities may also be incompatible with FAT 32. NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack 7...
  • Page 8: Windows Nt

    . NTFS must be partitioned and formatted using Windows NT 4.0. See the documentation supplied with your operating system for details on hard disk drive formatting under Windows NT 4.0. 819-200611-001 12/99 '%&(#(' 8 NEC Versa LX, LXi, and NEC Versa Dock Hard Disk Drive Cradle Pack...

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