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)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.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.
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.