Unscrew and remove the 2 circled screws. Set these screws aside, but keep them separate from the cover plate screws.

Before touching the disk drive make sure to follow the precautions for handling electrostatic sensitive devices. This will help ensure you do not damage the disk drive and lose your data.

After following the precautions, slide the disk drive over so that it disconnects from the disk drive port. An opening tool can be used to help with this but the tool cannot be made of metal or conductive materials