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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