Lenovo ThinkCentre E73 - Locating Internal Drives

Locatinginternaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourcomputerusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyour
computertoincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourcomputertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internal
drivesareinstalledinbays.Inthismanual,thebaysarereferredtoasbay1,bay2,andsoon.
Wheninstallingorreplacinganinternaldrive,itisimportanttonotethetypeandsizeofthedrivethatyou
caninstallorreplaceineachbayandcorrectlyconnectthecablestothedriveinstalled.Refertothe
appropriatesectionin“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage125forinstructionsonhowtoinstallor
replaceinternaldrivesforyourcomputer.
Figure10“Drivebaylocations”onpage80
showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.
Figure10.Drivebaylocations
1Bay1-Secondaryharddiskdrivebay(withaSATAsolid-statedriveorahybridharddiskdriveinstalledin
somemodels)
2Bay2-Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledinsomemodels)
3Bay3-Slimcardreaderdrivebay(withaslimcardreaderinstalledinsomemodels)
4Bay4-Harddiskdrivebay(witha2.5-inchor3.5-inchSATAharddiskdriveinstalled)
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