Hard Drive; Removing The Hard Drive - Dell Vostro 1500 Owner's Manual

8 Turn the computer top-side up, open the display, and press the power
button to ground the system board.
9 Remove any installed cards from the ExpressCard slot (see "Removing an
ExpressCard or Blank" on page 89) and the 8-in-1 memory card reader (see
"Removing a Memory Card or Blank" on page 92).

Hard Drive

CAUTION:
do not touch the metal housing of the hard drive.
CAUTION:
safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
NOTICE:
Computer" on page 151) before removing the hard drive. Do not remove the hard
drive while the computer is on or in Standby or Sleep mode.
NOTICE:
drive.
NOTE:
Dell does not guarantee compatibility or provide support for hard drives
from sources other than Dell.
NOTE:
If you are installing a hard drive from a source other than Dell, you need to
install an operating system, drivers, and utilities on the new hard drive (see
"Restoring Your Operating System" on page 143 and "Reinstalling Drivers and
Utilities" on page 139).

Removing the Hard Drive

1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 151.
2 Turn the computer over and remove the hard drive screws.
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Adding and Replacing Parts
If you remove the hard drive from the computer when the drive is hot,
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the
To prevent data loss, turn off your computer (see "Turning Off Your
Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard