Removing The Hard Drive; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell P78G 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

Remove the base

Procedure

CAUTION: The latch on the hard-drive locking connector is fragile. Pulling
the latch forcefully may damage the hard-drive locking connector. Exercise
care when handling the latch on the hard-drive locking connector.
1 Using a plastic scribe, lift the latch and use the pull tab to disconnect the hard-
drive cable from the system board.
2 Remove the four screws (M2.5x3 Ladder type) that secure the hard-drive
assembly to the computer base.
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