Install a drive in the rear internal drive bracket

Remove a drive from the rear internal drive bracket.

Also consult the documentation that came with your drive for additional information.

Your tower computer can hold up to seven mass storage devices, as described in the table below.

Drive bay

Drive type

Drive size

 

 

 

Four externally

Diskette, CD-ROM,

Two 5.25inch, half-height

accessible bays

tape, or optical

drives or one 5.25inch,

 

drives, or a PCMCIA

full-height drive and two

 

card reader

3.5.inch, half-height drives

 

 

 

One front

Hard disk drive only

One 3.5.inch, half-height or

internal bay

 

third-height drive

 

 

 

Two rear internal

Hard disk drive only

Two 3.5.inch, half-height or

bays

 

third-height drives or one

 

 

3.5.inch, full-height drive

 

 

 

To install or remove a drive, first remove the computer’s cover as described under “Removing the Cover” in Chapter 4. Then remove any option cards that may be in your way. Once you finish installing or removing drives, replace any option cards you removed. See “Installing an Option Card” in Chapter 4 for instructions.

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