Drives, Removing a hard drive – Dell Dimension 2010 User Manual

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Drives

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.

WARNING:

To guard against electrical shock, always unplug your computer from

the electrical outlet before removing the cover.

WARNING:

Do not operate your equipment with any cover(s) (including computer

covers, bezels, filler brackets, front-panel inserts, etc.) removed.

Removing a Hard Drive

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 Begin" on page 11.
2 Remove the computer cover from both the sides (see "Removing the

Computer Cover" on page 15).

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. For the location of the

SATA connectors, see "System Board Components" on page 8.

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