Removing a Drive

Removing a Drive

1Complete the procedures to prepare the PC, to remove the side panel, and to remove the front panel. See “Opening and Closing the PC“ on page 1.

2Locate the drive you want to remove.

3Release the drive from the chassis by lifting the tab (1) on the latch drive bracket, and then sliding (2) the drive partway out of the bay. (The latch drive bracket secures the drives in their respective positions in the chassis.)

For a second hard disk drive, remove the two screws (3) and then slide the drive part way back out of the bay (4).

4Disconnect the power cable and data cable from the back of the drive you want to remove, as indicated in the following illustrations:

For optical drives, disconnect the power (P) and the data cable (D) from the back drive you want to remove. If the drive

sound

(S), disconnect it also.

 

For

cables, use a gentle

 

motion

plug. For Serial ATA

disk

drive

the latch (5)

 

only)

of each plug and

the plug

(6)

connector.

 

Disconnecting the

Cables

Disconnecting

Card Reader

Drive Cable

 

Disconnecting the Diskette (Floppy) Drive

Cables

Removing the Second Hard Disk Drive

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