Dell Latitude E6330, lower right corner of DVD drive to right of the drawer opening button and emergency opening hole.
This push in/push out drawer comes out about half an inch. Nothing inside it, doesn't seem to do anything, no reference to it in owner's manual or on Dell support site.
So what is it?
Picture here:
Pull on it - does it release the drive from the drive bay ? John T.
Pushing it should open drive which you may have to pull out a little further to get in a DVD. I do not have a Dell but looks similar to my HP.
Nope, the DVD drawer opening button is to the left of it. It's only about an inch wide.
Aha!! Thanks.
We both learned something.
My T500 is similar, but it has a little slide-button that releases the spring-loaded pull-tab :
Does it eject the laptop from the airplane?
You don't believe everything you see on the Internets, do you?
to the online manual
Curious where and in what manual you found that. I re-read what I saw on the Dell website several times and didn't see anything!
It's on a need-to-know basis. If your drive were to break, you'd get an email.
On Thu, 13 May 2021 08:26:11 -0400, Wade Garrett posted for all of us to digest...
Sometime they make it hard to find. It may be in the user manual or tech support. Does yours have a screw?
On Wed, 12 May 2021 10:04:24 -0400, Wade Garrett posted for all of us to digest...
Push it in, it will pop out about a 1/2 inch - wrap your fingers and pull the drive carrier out.
****** BUT ******** IIRC Make sure the screw is out from the bottom first!Go to to
Did that but couldn't find the info on the website or the manuals. Problem was solved here though!!
There is no screw on the bottom of my Latitude and following the recommended procedure allowed the entire DVD to be removed
It's on page 16 of the user's manual available at
Thanks. I guess I'd better make an appointment to get my eyeglass prescription checked.
On Thu, 13 May 2021 18:42:10 -0400, Wade Garrett posted for all of us to digest...
Great, IDT the DVD with can be replaced by a non Dell one. I am often wrong so I'm glad you accomplished your objective, now if I were so lucky...
On Fri, 14 May 2021 09:20:55 -0400, Wade Garrett posted for all of us to digest...
Occasional brain fart...
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