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Drives

Adding a Drive to the System

Removable drives enable you to store and access data.

A standard removable drive can be added to the system by inserting the drive into the notebook or an optional port replicator. A USB drive can be added by connecting the drive to a USB connector on the notebook or a port replicator. Hard drive functions can also be added with a microdrive PC Card.

For information about connecting a USB drive, refer in this guide to the “External Device Connections” section, “Connecting a USB Device.” For information about PC Cards, refer to the “Hardware Upgrades” section, “Using PC Cards.”

The notebook contains 2 drive bays:

The hard drive bay supports only a 9.5-mm hard drive. Any hard drive in the hard drive bay is the primary hard drive.

The MultiBay supports a 9.5-mm hard drive (inserted into a MultiBay hard drive adapter) and the following 12.7-mm standard removable drives:

CD-ROM drive

Diskette drive

CD-RW drive

SuperDisk drive

DVD-ROM drive

Zip drive

DVD-RAM drive

DVD/CD-RW drive

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