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Question posted by mikejneal on December 6th, 2013

How To Remove Hard Drive

i want to remove and destoy my harddrive from my obsolete PC

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Answer #1: Posted by cursed on December 6th, 2013 9:06 PM

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Hi,

Removing hard drive is not difucult.

Turn off system.

Unplug power cable.

Open the tower from side.

Unplug hard drive cable.

Unscrew hard drive.

remove it.

Also, manual below:

https://docs.sony.com/release/PCVRX850_QS.pdf

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