Replacing the storage media

For new storage media, please contact your Beckhoff Sales only. Hard disks from Beckhoff are optimized for industrial applications. SSDs from Beckhoff have a considerably higher lifetime expectancy than commercially available SSDs.

Data transmission before replacement

If you want to exchange a storage medium according to Beckhoff's recommendation, you must copy the data from the old to the new storage medium. You can use the Beckhoff Service Tool (BST) for this purpose. BST is a graphical backup and restore program for devices with a Windows operating system. You can create an image of your operating system and use it to back up the operating system. Then you can restore the created image to a new data carrier. The BST is available on a bootable BST USB flash drive. This includes Windows and a backup tool. Select the size of the BST USB flash drive according to the size of the backup copy of your operating system. You can then keep the flash drive as a backup copy. For this purpose, the BST USB flash drives are designed for particularly long data preservation by means of special flash. For more information on the function of the BST, please refer to the corresponding manual.

If your storage medium is defective and there is no backup, Beckhoff Service can provide you with a fresh Windows image. For this to be possible, your Beckhoff device must already have been delivered with a valid operating system license. After installing the fresh image, the applications must be reinstalled.

The storage media are located in the front of the device in removable frames.

Hard disk replacement

To replace a hard disk in the removable frame, proceed as follows:

1. Unlock the removable frame with the supplied key (section A).
2. Pull the key of the removable frame to unlock it (section B).
Replacing the storage media 1:Fig.42: Open removable frame
3. Open the removable frame (section C).
The hard disk is pushed out of the removable frame.
4. Pull the hard disk out of the removable frame (section D).
Replacing the storage media 2:Fig.43: Hard disk removal
5. Insert the new hard disk into the removable frame with the manufacturer’s sticker facing upwards.
6. Close the removable frame again.
7. Lock the removable frame again.
You have replaced the hard disk.

SSD replacement

If you have ordered your device with an SSD instead of a hard disk, you have to proceed as follows when replacing the SSD:

1. Unlock the removable frame with the corresponding key (section A).
2. Pull the key of the removable frame to unlock it (section B).
Replacing the storage media 3:Fig.44: Open removable frame
3. Open the removable frame (section C).
4. Pull the SSD out of the removable frame by the protruding Beckhoff sticker (section D).
Replacing the storage media 4:Fig.45: Removal SSD
5. Reinsert the new SSD in the same orientation.
6. Close the removable frame again.
7. Lock the removable frame again.
You have replaced the SSD.

Disposal of storage media

Delete confidential or technologically important data from the storage media before disposing of it. If a storage medium is defective, you must destroy it mechanically to prevent access to the data.

The old storage media must be disposed of in accordance with the national electronic waste regulations.