Installing a Drive in the Upper External Drive Bay

Your system comes with a 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the lower externally accessible drive bay. You can also install a diskette drive, a tape drive, a CD-ROM, or an optical drive in the upper externally accessible drive bay.

If you are installing a tape drive with a standard 5.25-inch diskette drive connector, you can connect it using the diskette drive cable that came with your system.

Before you install a drive in the upper drive bay, remove the cover. Once you have the drive installed, replace the cover, following the instructions in Chapter 4.

Follow these steps to install a drive in the upper drive bay:

1.Remove the faceplate from the bay by pushing it forward, as shown below.

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