This is an Epson P-2000, it is equiped with a 40GB harddrive with about 35GB of usable space for storage of photos. For reference an Epson P-4000 contains a 80GB harddrive with about 75GB of storage space.
This unit is about to be upgraded with a 100GB drive providing 95GB of usable space. (over 8000 12mp RAW photos)
In addition to the P-2000 you will need a good lint free cloth. This will be used to clean the internal LCD if you happen to get fingerprints on it.
The tools needed. The large screwdriver was needed to tighten the four hard drive mounting screws. The smallest screwdriver was used for the eight small screws holding the P-2000 together and also to help disconnect some internal wiring. The yellow phillips screwdiver to remove four screws holding the internal assembly to the case.
Partnumbers of the 100GB Hitachi drive I chose to use. This drive runs at 7200RPM compared to the 4200RPM original drive which should provide faster performance for the P-2000. I was suprised thet the P-2000 contained the slowest RPM drive available. Typical drives run at 5400RPM.
This drive should also provide better shock resistance as it has ratings of 300G's operating and 1000G's non-operating shock resistance.
The actual drive
This is an external USB/Firewire drive enclosure that I used to connect the drives to my PC. The original 40GB harddrive contains critical operating system files that need to be copied to the new harddrive. I used Norton Ghost (ghost32.exe) to accomplish this task. This is critical to performing a successful upgrade. It also provides me with a copy of the image that I can use if I ever need to replace the harddrive in the future.
To start these screws need to be removed. There are two on each side of the P-2000
The base is then carefully removed. It simply lifts off but fits snugly. Start lifting at the corner farthest from the power switch and the card slots. Also watch that the cover does not snag on the CF card eject button.
As the base is removed you need to disconnect the speaker connection. The smallest screwdriver can be used to aid in disconnecting this wire.
Unfortunately I am missing a photo here. At the top center of this photo is a mounting hole. There are four screws, one in each corner, that need to be removed to free the electronics from the top of the case. Once removed you can slowly seperate the guts from the case. Be carefull of the ribbon cable shown here.
By carefully pulling the black edges (pointed to by arrows) away from the connector you will be able to release the cable.
After the cable is disconnected.
This is the end of the assembly where the disk drive is extracted.
The ribbon cable and red/black wires need to be disconnected since they block acess to the hard drive.
Using the smallest screwdriver you can gently flip up the brown part of this connector to release the ribbon cable
A view of the connector in the release position
This connection can simply be pulled out
Now that the cables are clear this rectangle board needs to be disconnected from the hard drive. Gently prying the right and left side edges will accomplish this.
A view after disconnection from hard drive.
These three photos show removal of the four hard drive mounting screws.
Lift the rectangle piece and start to slide the hard drive out
direction of removal
Now that the hard drive is removed you need to use Norton Ghost and make an image copy and then copy that image to the new hard drive
Once the drive is ready it is simply installed and this procedure is followed in reverse to put everything back together.
P-2000 guts without hard drive
Just another view. Remember to check for and clean any fingerprints on the internal surfaces before reassembly!
After successful reassembly I now have lots of space and perhaps what Epson would call "P-5000" :-)
