Replacing The Storage Media; Fig. 35 Exchange Hard Disk Mounting Adapter - Beckhoff C5240 Manual

Maintenance
7.2.3

Replacing the storage media

For new storage media, please contact your Beckhoff Sales only. Hard disks from Beckhoff are optimized for
industrial applications. SSDs have a considerably higher lifetime expectancy than commercially available
SSDs.
You can also swap hard disks and SSDs that are in a hard drive caddy and a RAID configuration during
operation. In this case, you do not need to switch off the industrial PC before replacing it. For the
replacement of hard disks and SSDs in a mounting adapter, contact Beckhoff Service.
Chapter 7.2.1 Access to device components [} 39] shows how to access the storage media.
Data transmission before replacement
If you want to exchange a storage medium according to Beckhoff's recommendation, you must copy the data
from the old to the new storage medium. You can use the Beckhoff Service Tool (BST) for this purpose. BST
is a graphical backup and restore program for PCs with a Windows operating system. You can create an
image of your operating system and use it to back up the operating system. Then you can restore the
created image to a new data carrier. The BST is available on a bootable BST USB flash drive. This includes
Windows and a backup software. Select the size of the BST USB flash drive according to the size of the
backup copy of your operating system. You can then keep the flash drive as a backup copy. For this
purpose, the BST USB flash drives are designed for particularly long data preservation by means of special
flash. For more information on the function of the BST, please refer to the corresponding manual.
If your storage medium is defective and there is no backup, Beckhoff Service can provide you with a fresh
Windows image. For this to be possible, the Beckhoff PC must already have been shipped with a valid
operating system license. After installing the fresh image, the applications must be reinstalled.
Exchange hard disk
In the basic configuration, your industrial PC is equipped with a hard disk on top of the drive tower. Proceed
as follows to replace the hard disk:
1. Loosen and remove the four UNC 3.5x6.35 screws from the mounting adapter (section A).
2. Remove the hard disk upwards from the mounting adapter (section B).
ð You have removed the hard disk.
3. Insert the new hard disk into the mounting adapter in the same orientation from above.
4. Screw the four UNC 3.5x6.35 screws on the mounting adapter again.
ð You have replaced the hard disk.
A
Fig. 35: Exchange hard disk mounting adapter
Optionally, you can order hard disks in a hard drive caddy. In this case you have to remove the hard disk
from the industrial PC via the front side. Follow the steps below:
1. Open the front flap (see chapter 3.2 Interface description [} 11]).
2. Unlock the hard drive caddy with the supplied key (section A).
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