Hard Drive; Removing The Hard Drive - Dell Inspiron 3595 Service Manual

2. Replace the optical drive

Hard drive

Removing the hard drive

NOTE: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow
the steps in Before working inside your
working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
www.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 optical drive
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the battery.
Procedure
1. Lift the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
2. Remove the four screws (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
3. Lift the hard-drive assembly along with its cable off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
4. Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.
36 Removing and installing components
(applicable only to computers shipped with optical drive).
computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
(applicable only to computers shipped with optical drive).
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