Do not perform a low-level format on an AST IDE drive; you might damage the format data. IDE drives sold by AST have been low-level formatted at the factory.

You do not need to perform FDISK or FORMAT on the hard drive that came with your computer. If you ever need to repartition or reformat this hard drive, back up its data first. Partitioning and formatting a hard drive deletes all of the data on it

Installing a Drive in the Rear Drive Bay

Before installing a drive in the rear drive bay, you must first remove the rear drive bay panel.

Removing the Rear Drive Bay Panel

To remove the rear drive bay panel from the back panel of the system:

1.Remove the two screws on the left edge of the rear drive bay panel (Figure 18).

Figure 18. Removing the Rear Drive Bay Panel

2.Lift the panel off the chassis.

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