Removing The Hard Drive; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Service Manual

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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.
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Prerequisites

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Procedure

Prerequisites
1. Remove the base cover.
2. Remove the battery.
Procedure
1. Peel off the tape that secures the hard-drive cable to the palm-rest assembly.
2. Using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
3. Remove the two screws (M2x3.5) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest assembly.
4. Lift the hard-drive assembly, along with its cable, off the palm-rest assembly.
Figure 7. Hard drive
1. tape
3. palm-rest assembly
5. system board

Removing the hard drive

computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
2. hard-drive assembly
4. screws (2)
6. hard-drive cable
After
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