Removing The Hard Drive; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 14 5000 Service Manual

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

Steps
1. Remove the battery.
2. Remove the base cover.

Procedure

Steps
1. Lift the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
2. Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer base.
3. Lift the hard-drive assembly off the computer base.
1. screws (4)
3. hard-drive cable
4. Disconnect the hard-drive interposer from the hard-drive assembly.

Removing the hard drive

computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
2. hard-drive assembly
4. latch
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