Removing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before
working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow
the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the
computer is in sleep or on state.
Prerequisites
NOTE: The computer is shipped with either hard-drive assembly or eMMC-
card assembly depending on the configuration ordered.
1 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 6 in “Removing the base cover”.
2 Remove the battery.
Procedure
1 Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and
keyboard assembly.
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