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Installing a hot-swap hard drive
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
CAUTION: Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive
backplane.
CAUTION: When installing a hard drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed.
Inserting a hard-drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier
can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable.
CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive
installation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the system is powered
on, the hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement
hard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the
replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed.
Steps
1. If a HDD blank is installed in the HDD slot, remove it.
2. Install a HDD in the HDD carrier.
3. Press the release button on the front of the HDD carrier and open the HDD carrier handle.
4. Insert the HDD carrier into the HDD slot until the carrier connects with the backplane.
5. Close the HDD carrier handle to lock the HDD in place.
Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier
Prerequisites
1. Keep the #1 Phillips screwdriver handy.
2. Remove the hard-drive carrier from the system.
Steps
1. Remove the screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier.
2. Lift the hard drive out of the hard-drive carrier.
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