Adding or replacing drives

Preparing to add or replace a drive

One 3.5-inch diskette drive, one 3.5-inch hard drive, and one CD drive are included with your computer. You can add one additional half-height 3.5-inch tape storage or disk storage device.

As you prepare to install drives, keep the following in mind:

■To remove and install drives, use an antistatic wrist strap.

■If you remove a drive, place it in an antistatic bag or container.

■Before you install a drive, see the drive documentation for information on configuring the drive, setting any jumpers on the drive, and attaching cables to the drive.

■If you are installing a drive that requires a controller card, install the card before you install the drive.

■IDE cables automatically assign master/slave positions to the drives they connect. You can override these assignments using the jumpers on the drives.

■IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, or slave. IDE CD drives can be configured as master or slave. Configure the drives by using the drive-select jumpers located on the drives.

■You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup utility. Press F1 at start up to open the BIOS Setup utility.

Adding or replacing drives

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