Owners Manual
Removing a hard drive or SSD
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.Follow the procedure listed in the Before
working inside your system section.
3. Take the hard drive or SSD offline and wait until the hard drive or SSD indicator codes on the drive carrier stop blinking.
When all indicators stop blinking, the drive is ready for removal. See your operating system documentation for more
information about taking the hard drive or SSD offline.
NOTE: All operating systems do not support hot-swappable drive installation. See the documentation supplied with your
operating system.
Steps
1. Press the release button to open the hard drive or SSD carrier handle.
2. Slide the hard drive or SSD carrier out until it is free of the hard drive or SSD slot.
3. Slide the hard drive or SSD out until it is free of the hard drive or SSD bay.
Results
Figure 42. Removing a hard drive
1.
release button 2. hard drive or SSD connector (on backplane)
3. hard drive or SSD 4. hard drive or SSD carrier handle
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