Cant Remove HDD, likely a simple mistake but I am stumped

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Amoninuse

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This is a considerably old PC running Windows XP that I found in my dad's attic. He told me I could try to get it working if I wanted to. Anyway, pretty much all the parts have stopped working so I'm trying to just get the HDD out of it and into another computer. I unscrewed the visible part of it, but there's still something holding it in on the bottom. Don't know what the green latch on the bracket does, tried pushing and pulling it and it doesnt seem to have an effect on my ability to get this thing out.

If anyone familiar with this type of bay knows what I'm supposed to do, I'd hugely appreciate some help here. pics below. I think the model is Compaq Presario S5390FR; haven't been able to find a manual or anything for it.

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Take the front cover off and push it out through the front.

Doesn't look like that old of a PC. Probably a bad PSU if it doesn't power on.


This is exactly what I thought, but it doesn't seem like I can GET the front cover off. Do I just break the darn thing off?

Edit: yeah, definitely not supposed to break it off. There are latch type things on the inside I've located that it looks like I should pull off the metal prongs they are attached to and push out, but I don't get how I'm supposed to detach them all at once since I can't really keep them off unless I'm consistently pulling on it.
 
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