Dell C6100 owner manual Hard Drives, Removing a Hard-Drive Blank, Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Hard Drives

The installation and removal procedures for the 3.5-inch hard drive and the 2.5-inch hard drive are similar. Following is an example showing the replacement procedure of a 3.5-inch hard drive.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed.

NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot-swappable hard drives only.

1Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, pull and slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay. See Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2. Removing or Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

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1 hard-drive blank

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank

Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the drive bay until the retention latch clicks into place. See Figure 3-2.

Installing System Components

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