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144 Chapter5
Changing Your Computer Hardware Configuration
Hard Disk Drives
Removing a Hard Disk Drive
This procedure explains how to remove your hard disk drive. Note that
there are no cables for you to worry about when removing a hard disk
drive. To remove a hard disk drive, your computer must be turned off.
NOTE If you are removing a hard disk drive that has a mounted file system on
it, you will need to unmount it. This should be done before you remove
the hard disk drive.
To unmount a file system on a hard disk drive use the procedure
provided in the section “Removing a Hard Disk Drive as a File System
Using SAM” found in this chapter.
1. Open the front panel of you system unit using the instructions found
in the section “Opening the System Unit Front Panel.” In the
lower-right corner of the system unit as you face it, there are two
hard drive slots. The slot on the right is the one discussed in this
section. See Figure 5-40.
Figure 5-40 The Hard Drive Slots
Hard Disk Drive
Slots
SCSI ID 5
SCSI ID 6