Dell R820 owner manual Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier

CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the system is powered on, the hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed.

1.If a hard-drive blank is installed in the hard-drive slot, remove it.

2.Install a hard drive in the hard-drive carrier.

3.Press the release button on the front of the hard-drive carrier and open the hard-drive carrier handle.

4.Insert the hard-drive carrier into the hard-drive slot until the carrier connects with the backplane.

5.Close the hard-drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.

Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier

1.Remove the screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier.

2.Lift the hard drive out of the hard-drive carrier.

Figure 20. Removing and Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier

1.hard-drive carrier

2.hard drive

3.screws (4)

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