Question Seemingly impossible HDD removal ?

[funkman4]

hi,i have to replace one of my hard drives.
i replaced a hard drive before in older pc,so thought it would be easy enough again. wrong!
i have attached photos.
how on earth do i get access to the screws that are holding the hard drive in?
the metal strip above it looks like it needs to come away first,but it seems to be hel in with tiny round screws.
hope someone can make sense of it.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/sgve...ey=5rkleis50so2xb8bo1fe96p4q&st=m4hxv0o4&dl=0
thanks

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

i have attached photos

host/upload the images to IMGUR.com and link here to be viewed in the thread.

 

[funkman4]

host/upload the images to IMGUR.com and link here to be viewed in the thread.

can more than one photo be put on imgur at one time,or does each one have to be done individually?

 

[funkman4]

https://imgur.com/a/NYpMjeP

View: https://imgur.com/a/NYpMjeP

 

[USAFRet]

The whole pod comes out. Then you can remove the drives from the pod.

 

[funkman4]

The whole pod comes out. Then you can remove the drives from the pod.

how on earth do i remove that?

 

[USAFRet]

how on earth do i remove that?

There are accessible screws holding it in.

It went together, it can come apart.

 

[SkyNetRising]

how on earth do i remove that?

Open four lower plastic clamps and
remove two screws.
Check for screws on other side of pc case also.

Once all screws are removed, you should be able to remove drive cage.

 

[funkman4]

https://imgur.com/a/eBHfc2f

View: https://imgur.com/a/eBHfc2f

ok got front cover off,but thus fan in front of hard drives.could screww off no prob,but the thing that the hard drives are in,how do i get it out?
not connected with normal screws.
whoever designed this needs looked at.

 

[funkman4]

Open four lower plastic clamps and
remove two screws.
Check for screws on other side of pc case also.

Once all screws are removed, you should be able to remove drive cage.

yes,that worked. my next problem is,which drive is the one i need to take out. they both exact same model. one is G other is F i need to remove F

https://imgur.com/a/r0b2M0O

View: https://imgur.com/a/r0b2M0O

 

[SkyNetRising]

my next problem is,which drive is the one i need to take out. they both exact same model. one is G other is F i need to remove F

Remove drive one.
Boot into system and check, if you removed the correct one.
Option #1 - you removed correct one. Done. Profit.
Option #2 - you removed wrong one. Shutdown. Remove connected one and connect the other one. Done. Profit.

 

[funkman4]

Remove drive one.
Boot into system and check, if you removed the correct one.
Option #1 - you removed correct one. Done. Profit.
Option #2 - you removed wrong one. Shutdown. Remove connected one and connect the other one. Done. Profit.

i figured that at start. just a hassle having to connect pc up and disconnect.

 

[SkyNetRising]

i figured that at start. just a hassle having to connect pc up and disconnect.

LOL.

If drive model names were different, you could check model name associated with drive letter in Disk Management.
But since model names are the same, you'd have to find drive serial number and find which drive letter is associated with which drive serial number.
You can check serial number with HDtune.

Anyway - testing with connecting/disconnecting is easier and probably not much different regarding time spent.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

which drive is the one i need to take out. they both exact same model. one is G other is F i need to remove F

when reinstalling drives, make sure to stack them in the order that the letters will be assigned or just write on them with an erasable marker or something.
next time, won't have to worry about it.

i would definitely also take the time to clean out this area while the cage is removed...

may also want to add some sort of filter to the front to help keep all the dust out for the future.
i always used to keep a large roll of very fine mesh screen around for old cases like this that didn't offer good filters.

 

[geofelt]

To identify , disconnect the sata data cable from one of the drives and power up. See which drive is missing.
Why do you need to replace the drive?
Could you simply leave it in place and disconnect the power and data cables?
It looks like there are additional empty drive bays available.
Are these really big storage drives?
If not would not a ssd replacement be better?

 

[funkman4]

when reinstalling drives, make sure to stack them in the order that the letters will be assigned or just write on them with an erasable marker or something.
next time, won't have to worry about it.

i would definitely also take the time to clean out this area while the cage is removed...

may also want to add some sort of filter to the front to help keep all the dust out for the future.
i always used to keep a large roll of very fine mesh screen around for old cases like this that didn't offer good filters.

there seems to be a filter on the front cover the whole way up,dont know if i can take it out or not. i shall see. thanks

 

[funkman4]

To identify , disconnect the sata data cable from one of the drives and power up. See which drive is missing.
Why do you need to replace the drive?
Could you simply leave it in place and disconnect the power and data cables?
It looks like there are additional empty drive bays available.
Are these really big storage drives?
If not would not a ssd replacement be better?

i got a screen on boot up american megatrends 3rd master hard disk:S.M.A.R.T. status BAD backup and replace.
i checked on HDTune which disk it was
below is thread i started about it
1.5TB drives

Question - 3rd master HDD: SMART status BAD ?

Hi,switched on the pc today and got this on the american megatrends screen: "3rd master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. status BAD. Backup and replace". i have 1 ssd and 2 x hdd computer booted up after i pressed F1 i go into my pc and right click on all drives,properties tools error checking. when i...

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[funkman4]

OK so i put drive in,started pc,drive dosent appear in windows explorer. its there in device manager.
googled about,seems it has to be formatted and partitioned before it appears in explorer.
its a 2TB Seagate ironwolf.
can i just partition as much or little as i want?
drive for storage,its not for OS

 

[SkyNetRising]

i put drive in,started pc,drive dosent appear in windows explorer. its there in device manager.

Open Disk Management,
Initialize new drive,
Create a partition, format it and assign a drive letter.

Only after this it will show up in windows explorer.

Instructions with pictures:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-hard-drive-windows-10

 

[funkman4]

Open Disk Management,
Initialize new drive,
Create a partition, format it and assign a drive letter.

Only after this it will show up in windows explorer.

Instructions with pictures:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-hard-drive-windows-10

Can i make the partition for example 1mb? as small as possible,no advantage making it any bigger is there?

 

[funkman4]

ok,im asking this,as dont want to make a mistake
im at the "use the following partition style" part
MBR OR GPT
Remember its not for Operating system

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can i make the partition for example 1mb? as small as possible,no advantage making it any bigger is there?

Why? It would be useless.
Anyway - 8MB is minimum partition size possible.

im at the "use the following partition style" part
MBR OR GPT

For drives larger than 2TB you have to use GPT. Or part of drive capacity will be unavailable.
For drives less than 2TB - it doesn't matter. Choose either.

 

[funkman4]

Why? It would be useless.
Anyway - 8MB is minimum partition size possible.

thats why im asking,what should i make it? the drive is for storage

 

[USAFRet]

thats why im asking,what should i make it? the drive is for storage

A single large partition. Take up the whole drive.
GPT

 

[funkman4]

A single large partition. Take up the whole drive.
GPT

A single large partition. Take up the whole drive. dont understand wot u mean here