Removing The Hard Drive; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Service 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
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
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 base
2 Remove the battery.

Procedure

1 Using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
2 Peel off the tape that secures the hard-drive cable to the palm rest and keyboard
assembly.
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