Removal and Replacement Preliminaries
Before handling a drive, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity. While handling a drive, avoid touching the connector.
Handle drives on surfaces that have at least one inch of
Avoid dropping drives from any height onto any surface.
After removing a hard drive,
Avoid exposing a hard drive to products that have magnetic fields such as monitors or speakers.
Avoid exposing a drive to temperature extremes or to liquids.
If a drive must be mailed, place the drive into a bubble pack mailer or other suitable form of protective packaging and label the package “Fragile: Handle With Care.”
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