Removing The Hard Drive(S); Prerequisites - Alienware M18x R2 Owner's Manual

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WARNING:
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
"Before You Begin" on page 9. For additional safety best practices
information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION:
computer is in Sleep or On state.
CAUTION:
handling the hard drive.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the battery pack. See "Removing the Battery Pack" on page 12.
2 Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 14.
Procedure
1 Lift the connector latch that secures the hard-drive cable to the connector on the
system board, and then disconnect the hard-drive cable from the connector on the
system board.
2 Loosen the captive screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer base.
3 Using the pull-tab, lift the hard-drive assembly out of the computer base.
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1 hard-drive assembly
3 connector latch

Removing the Hard Drive(s)

Before working inside your computer, read the safety
To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the
Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when
2 captive screws (4)
4 hard-drive cable
Removing the Hard Drive(s)
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