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Remove Hard Drive from Performa 630 CD?

How do I do this. I don't care about preserving or transferring data -- just want to remove HD before I dispose of computer.

Performa 630 CD, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier

Posted on Jan 20, 2007 10:23 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2007 1:15 PM

I found this on the net:

farrer.net/~rbf/files/docs/Apple/Performa's%20400-6300%20%3F%20/performa 630series.pdf

It looks like once you take off the front plate of the computer, the hard drive will slide out on it's sled.

Shane

1.6 ghz g5, G4 500 PDQ(Wallstreet), TiBook 867
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Jan 20, 2007 9:47 PM in response to Womanhattan

The difficult part is getting the front bezel off - there are two tabs under the lip of the bezel and they do take a considerable amount of force to get them to release. Firm pressure with a flat-bladed screwdriver usually does the trick.

Here's the LINK that the other poster tried to put in. The images in the PDF file are kinda crappy, but you'll get th idea.

-Douggo

Jan 20, 2007 9:53 PM in response to Shane Fox

Shane,

to get a URL to post as a link, you need to use some simple HTML coding. It will look like this, just replace the open and close brackets with < and >:

[a href="paste the URL here"]add your link text here[/a]

-Douggo

G4 Dual 867 MDD Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.25GB RAM; 3 HDD's; Pioneer 111D; 20" Cinema Display; 30GB iPod Photo

Jan 20, 2007 11:51 PM in response to Douggo

It's also a good idea to remove the rear plastic I/O panel (with the two protruding release tabs). That way, you can stand the computer on its end, without breaking them off. With the computer in an upright position, you'll be able to see the release tabs under the overhanging front bezel. Pry upward on each tab a little at a time, and as you alternate from side to side, the cover will come free. The hard drive is situated on the right, behind a metal cover that's secured with one phillips machine screw. You need to disconnect the data ribbon cable and power cable, then pull up on the drive sled's release tab. The drive can then be slid straight out the front. If you're donating the computer for someone's future use, remove the hard drive from the sled and slide the sled back into the chassis. Replace the metal drive cover and be sure to align the top interlocking edge of the front bezel, before you tilt it down to snap-lock into place.

Remove Hard Drive from Performa 630 CD?

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