Method for installing a hard drive into a computer and improved components therefor
US6357001B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/1493
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved method of installing a new hard drive in a computer comprising packaging a new hard drive with a connected hard drive connector assembly having a hard drive PCMCIA connector in a static dissipation bag having a conductive coating on its exterior surface; grounding the static dissipation bag by connecting the bag to the computer and to an operator, extending the PCMCIA connector outside the bag, connecting the new hard drive via the PCMCIA connector to the PCMCIA or equivalent port of a computer, transferring the data on the computer to the new hard drive, disconnecting the PCMCIA connector from the computer, removing the new hard drive from the static dissipation bag, disconnecting the hard drive connector assembly from the new hard drive, and installing the new hard drive in the computer.
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