Removing The 2.5-Inch Hard Drive Bracket - Dell OptiPlex 7000 Tower Service Manual

Steps
1. Disconnect the power cable and the black hard drive data cable from the connectors on the 2.5-inch hard drive.
NOTE: For secondary 2.5-inch hard drive, the other end of the black hard drive data cable is connected to the SATA1
and SATA2 connectors on the system board.
2. Press the release tabs on the hard drive bracket and slide the hard drive assembly out of the hard drive bracket.
3. Lift the hard drive assembly from the computer.
NOTE: The orientation of the hard drive so that you can replace it correctly.

Removing the 2.5-inch hard drive bracket

Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the side cover.
3. Remove the 2.5-inch primary hard drive
before working inside your
or 2.5-inch secondary hard
computer.
drive.
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