Replacing A Hard Drive; Replacing Drives - Dell XPS 625 Service Manual

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Replacing Drives
Dell™ XPS™ 625 Service Manual
Replacing a Hard Drive
Replacing the Drive Panel
Replacing a Media Card Reader
Replacing an Optical Drive
WARNING: 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.
Replacing a Hard Drive
WARNING: To guard against electrical shock, always unplug your computer from the electrical outlet before removing the cover.
CAUTION: If you are replacing a hard drive that contains data that you want to keep, back up your files before you begin this procedure.
1. Follow the procedures in Before You
2. Remove the computer cover (see
3. Disconnect the power cable and the data cable from the hard drive.
NOTE: If you are not replacing the hard drive at this time, disconnect the other end of the data cable from the system board and set it aside. You
can use the data cable to install a hard drive at a later time.
1 SATA power cable
3 SATA data connector (on the system board)
4. Press the black tabs on each side of the hard-drive bracket towards each other and slide the drive up and out of the hard-drive bay.
Begin.
Replacing the Computer Cover).
2 SATA data cable