Replacing The Hard Drive - Dell Inspiron 1210 Service Manual

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Replacing the Hard Drive
Dell™ Inspiron™ 1210 Service Manual
CAUTION: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best
practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: If you remove the hard drive from the computer when the drive is hot, do not touch the metal housing of the hard drive.
NOTICE: To prevent data loss, turn off your computer (see
while the computer is on or in Sleep state.
NOTICE: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive.
NOTE: Dell does not guarantee compatibility or provide support for hard drives from sources other than Dell.
NOTE: If you are installing a hard drive from a source other than Dell, you need to install an operating system, drivers, and utilities on the new hard
drive.
1. Follow the procedures in Before You
2. Remove the palm rest. See
NOTICE: When the hard drive is not in the computer, store it in protective antistatic packaging (see "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the
safety instructions that shipped with your computer).
1 hard-drive cable
3 hard drive
5 hard-drive cable connector
3. Remove the hard drive cable from the hard-drive system board connector.
4. Lift the hard drive out of the hard drive compartment.
5. Detach the hard drive cable from the hard drive cable connector.
Turning Off Your
Begin.
Replacing the Palm Rest.
2 hard-drive system board connector
4 hard-drive compartment
Computer) before removing the hard drive. Do not remove the hard drive