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Figure 7, Installing a hard drive – Dell PowerEdge SC 420 User Manual

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Figure 7-3. Removing or Installing a SCSI Hard Drive

 

Figure 7-4. Removing or Installing a SATA Hard Drive

 

4.

Press in on the tabs on each side of the drive and slide the drive up and out of the drive bay.

 

5.

Close the system. See "

Closing the System

" in "Troubleshooting Your System."


 

6.

Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.

 

Installing a Hard Drive

 

 

1.

Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.

 

2.

Open the system. See "

Opening the System

" in "Troubleshooting Your System."


 

3.

Unpack the hard drive, and prepare it for installation.

 

4.

Check the documentation for the drive to verify that it is configured for your system.

 

5.

If the hard drive does not have the drive rails attached, attach the drive rails to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the drive with the screw
holes on the drive rails and then inserting and tightening all four screws (two screws on each rail). See

Figure 7

-5

.

 

Figure 7-5. Installing Drive Rails

CAUTION:

See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting

against electrostatic discharge.