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Dell PowerEdge R730xd Owner's Manual

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Removing a hard drive from a hard drive carrier

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 are shipped with your product.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have hard drive blanks installed.

Steps

  1. Push out at the edges of the carrier to disengage the tabs on the hard drive carrier from the slots on the hard drive.
  2. Lift the hard drive carrier away from the hard drive.
    Figure 1. Removing the hard drive from a hard drive carrier
    This figure shows removing the hard drive from a hard drive carrier
    1. hard drive
    2. tab on the hard drive carrier (4)
    3. hard drive carrier

Next steps

Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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