Locatinginternaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourcomputerusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyour
computertoincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourcomputertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internal
drivesareinstalledinbays.
Wheninstallingorreplacinganinternaldrive,itisimportanttonotethetypeandsizeofthedrivethatyou
caninstallorreplaceineachbayandcorrectlyconnectthecablestothedriveinstalled.Refertothe
appropriatesectionin“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage35forinstructionsonhowtoinstallor
replaceinternaldrivesforyourcomputer.
Figure7“Drivebaylocations”onpage17
showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.
Figure7.Drivebaylocations
1Bay1-Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledonsomemodels)
2Bay2-Cardreaderdrivebay(withacardreaderassembly,frontUSBassembly,ormSATAsolid-state-drive
installedonsomemodels)
3Bay3-PrimarySATAharddiskdrivebay(witha3.5-inchSATAharddiskdriveinstalled)
4Bay4-SecondarySATAharddiskdrivebay(withanoptional2.5-inchSATAharddiskdriveinstalled)
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