Hard Drive Replacement on a Dell Optiplex Desktop

Basic video on how the swap/replace the Hard Drive on the Dell Optiplex series in Desktop Form Factor.

[PercentOS]

Thank you. I was OK with the CD Drive and card slots, but didn't know how to get the hard drive out. Your instructions were really clear and you make things look so easy.

[cindybriden]

THANK One thing I wished you would have added is how to destroy the old hard drive. But I am so happy that you taught how to get it out.

[elizabethedwards]

Thank you so much!!! I really wanted to remove the hard drive from my very very old and refurbished computer but could not get the right info. Someone told me to throw it in a fire pit, LOL! I can't do that where I live. Anyway, your very clear and straightforward video here showed me exactly how to remove the hard drive. Now I can throw out the remaining parts with piece of mind and the hard drive is going somewhere no one is going to find it. Thanks!

[TheAlbinobatman]

That's why my favorite brand the Dell ! The hardware stuff strong and simple like hell, and no need screw driver ! ☺️

[bobjlv]

YOU are a life saver!! I would have never figured out how to swap out the HDD without your video!! Thanks a gazillion!

[maryjohnson]

Thank you, Those instructions were so simple and spot on!

[Hamfaxer]

Well done ! I needed just this information, nothing more, nothing less, so the efficiency of your video was therefore 100%. Greetings from Belgium and thank you 😁 !

[JonathanSteadman]

Thanks for the video. This video will help me when I run into HDD issues.

[rshaddock]

Thanks Man! I struggled to get it out, and now it is so easy.

[VeryLikeTara]

Thank you 😁. I stuck on this more than 10 minutes 😅.

[wayneha]

Thank you! The hard drive was a pain to remove.

[kingspellcta]

Will the computer boot normally after I replace hard drive?(I'm getting a new desktop and I'm planning on replacing the new hard drive with my old one I had. The desktops are the exact same models)?

[crazygamerz]

Thank you so much!!! I really wanted to remove the hard drive from my very very old and refurbished computer but could not get the right info.

[DeejayShaneCPT]

Thank you ❤🙏. i've been struggling for 2 weeks now 😣

[moemarchetti]

My has a plate between the CD and hard drive held by 3 shoulder screws, any idea on how to release it? Update, I found that the same release for the cd drive releases the plate.

[ThaiTie]

Hey, thanks a ton! Was scratching my head for a good 10 minutes about this lol.

[DjNcr]

I thought I needed to remove the CPU Sink to remove the CD drive because of the screw that it has next to it, you saved me a lot of time, ty

[bop]

thx this gave me the confidence to buy a 1tb hard drive instead of my 80gb hard drive

[mychainal]

Thanks bro your video is very useful for me

[ericcheung]

If I have different years of optiplex (my newer optiplex has a sata hard drive but my older one has a ssd), could I still swap the whole mount or will I need to take them apart from each mount and reassemble them?