Alienware 17 R1, P18E owner manual Removing the Primary Hard Drive, Prerequisites, Procedure

Removing the Primary Hard Drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside Your Computer" on page 11. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 13.

For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is On or in Sleep state.

CAUTION: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive.

Prerequisites

1Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 14.

2Remove the battery. See "Removing the Battery" on page 16.

Procedure

1Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the computer base.

2Using the pull-tab, lift the hard-drive assembly off the computer base.

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1	screws (4)	2	pull-tab
3	primary hard-drive assembly

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