Removing the hard drive
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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 www.dell.com/
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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.
Topics:
• Prerequisites
• Procedure
Prerequisites
1 Remove the battery.
2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in “Removing the optical drive”.
3 Remove the keyboard.
4 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in “Removing the base cover”.
Procedure
1 Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest
assembly.
2 Open the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
3 Lift the hard-drive assembly off the palm-rest assembly.
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