Installing A Hard Drive - Dell Optiflex 740 User Manual

1 securing clips (2)
NOTICE: Do not pull the drive out of the computer by the drive cables. Doing so may cause damage to cables and the cable connectors.
6. Lift the drive out of the computer and disconnect the power and hard-drive cables from the drive.

Installing a Hard Drive

1. Unpack the replacement hard drive, and prepare it for installation.
NOTICE: To avoid damage to the drive, do not set it on a hard surface. Instead, set the drive on a surface, such as a foam pad, that will sufficiently
cushion it.
2. If your replacement hard drive does not have the plastic hard-drive bracket attached, remove the bracket from the existing drive by unsnapping it from
the drive.
1 hard drive 2 release tabs (2)
3. Attach the bracket to the new drive by aligning the two securing tabs with the mounting holes in the hard drive and then rotating the drive down,
snapping it onto the bracket
1 securing tabs (2)
4 plastic hard-drive bracket
2 hard drive
3 plastic hard-drive bracket
2 drive 3 release tabs (2)