Dell Studio 1735 Hard Drive Replacement

Slide and click the battery latch release.

Slide the battery out of the battery bay.

Loosen the eight captive screws on the base cover and lift the cover off the computer at an angle as shown in the figure.

Remove the four screws securing the hard drive assembly to the computer base.

Pull the blue pull-tab on the cable attached to the system board to disconnect the cable.

Pull the black pull-tab to lift the hard drive assembly out of the computer.

Pull the interposer to detach it from the hard drive.

Remove the four M3 x 3-mm screws securing the hard drive cage to the hard drive.

Lift the hard drive cage off the hard drive.