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Removing the Hard Drive, Prerequisites, Procedure - hard drive removal

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Removing the Hard Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is in Sleep or On state. Prerequisites 1 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in "Removing the Stand Assembly". 2 Remove the back cover. Procedure 1 Press and release the tab on the hard-drive assembly. 2 Lift the hard-drive assembly and release the tabs on the hard-drive assembly from the slots on the display-panel base. 22

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Removing the Hard Drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before Working Inside Your Computer
. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in
After Working Inside Your
Computer
. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the
computer is in Sleep or On state.
Prerequisites
1
Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in “Removing the
Stand
Assembly
”.
2
Remove the
back cover
.
Procedure
1
Press and release the tab on the hard-drive assembly.
2
Lift the hard-drive assembly and release the tabs on the hard-drive
assembly from the slots on the display-panel base.
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