Replacing and

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Adding Drives

About replacing drives

The standard configuration for your computer includes a 5.25-inch IDE CD drive, a 3.5-inch IDE hard drive, and a 3.5-inch diskette drive.

Your computer contains the following drive bays:

￿Two 3.5-inch drive bays that can be accessed from outside the computer.

￿Two 5.25-inch drive bays that can be accessed from outside the computer.

￿Three 3.5-inch drive bays that can only be accessed from inside the computer.

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

￿If you remove a drive, place it in an antistatic bag.

￿Before you install a drive, see the drive’s 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 uses an add-in controller, install the add-in card before you install the drive.

￿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.

About replacing drives

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