Dell OptiPlex 5055 Tower - Removing 2.5-Inch Hard Drive Assembly

Installing 3.5–inch hard drive into the hard drive bracket
1 Flex the side of the hard drive bracket, to align and insert the pins on the bracket into the hard drive.
2 Insert the hard drive into the hard drive bracket until it clicks into place.
3 Install the:
a Hard drive assembly
b Front bezel
c Back Cover
4 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Installing 3.5–inch hard drive assembly
1 Insert the hard drive assembly into the slot on the computer until it clicks into place.
2 Place the HDD ller brcaket.
3 Connect the SATA cable and the power cable to the connectors on the hard drive and re-route the cables along the caddy.
4 Install the:
a Front bezel
b Back cover
5 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Removing 2.5–inch hard drive assembly
1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2 Remove the:
a Back cover
b Front bezel
3 Open the Front panel door.
4 To remove hard drive assembly:
a Disconnect the hard drive's data and power cables from their respective connectors on the hard drive [1].
b Press the blue tabs on both sides [2] and pull the drive assembly out of the computer [3].
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Disassembly and reassembly