Installing A Cabled Hard Drive

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1.If installed, remove the front bezel.

2.Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and from the peripherals.

3.Open the system.

4.Press the release tab on the hard-drive carrier and slide the carrier out of the system.

5.Install the hard drive into the hard-drive carrier.

6.Insert the hard-drive carrier into the hard-drive slot till it clicks into place.

7.Connect the power/data cable to the hard drive.

If connecting to the integrated SATA controller (SATA hard drives only), connect the SATA data cable to the SATA_A-D connector on the system board.

If connecting to a SAS RAID controller card (SAS or SATA hard drives), connect the data cable to the connector on the card edge.

8.Close the system.

9.Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet and turn on the system and attached peripherals.

10.Enter the System Setup and ensure that the hard drive's controller is enabled.

11.Exit the System Setup program and reboot the system.

12.Install any software required for the hard drive operation as described in the documentation for the hard drive.

Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard Drive From A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Adapter

NOTE: A 2.5 inch hard drive is installed in a 3.5 inch hard-drive adapter, which is then installed in the 3.5 inch hard- drive carrier. This applies only for a four hard-drive system with hot-swappable hard drives.

1.Remove the two screws from the side of the 3.5 inch hard-drive adapter.

2.Remove the hard drive from the hard-drive adapter.

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Dell R420, E18S001 owner manual Installing a Cabled Hard Drive

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