Owners Manual

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 Remove the battery.

2 Remove the base cover.

Procedure

1 Remove the screw that secures the hard-drive assembly to the computer

base.

2 Using the pull tab, slide the hard-drive assembly to disconnect it from the

system board.