Drives

IDE Drive Light

When the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) light, identified in the following illustration, is on or blinking, the primary hard drive or an optical drive is being accessed.

Primary Hard Drive

The primary hard drive, sometimes called the internal hard drive, is the hard drive inside the hard drive bay.

The hard drive assembly and the hard drive bay should be accessed only by a service partner.

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HP R4010US, R4000, R4001XX, R4003XX, R4012US, R4025US, R4127US manual IDE Drive Light, Primary Hard Drive