User guide

Locatinginternaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourcomputerusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyour
computertoincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourcomputertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internal
drivesareinstalledinbays.
Wheninstallingorreplacinganinternaldrive,itisimportanttonotethetypeandsizeofthedrivethatyou
caninstallorreplaceineachbayandcorrectlyconnectthecablestothedriveinstalled.Refertothe
appropriatesectionin“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage37forinstructionsonhowtoinstallor
replaceinternaldrivesforyourcomputer.
Figure5“Drivebaylocations”onpage14
showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.
Figure5.Drivebaylocations
1Bay1-Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledinsomemodels)
2Bay2-Slimcardreaderdrivebay(withaslimcardreaderinstalledinsomemodels)
3Bay3-PrimarySATAharddiskdrivebay(witha3.5-inchharddiskdriveora2.5-inchsolid-statedriveinstalled)
4Bay4-SecondarySATAharddiskdrivebay(witha3.5-inchharddiskdrive,a2.5-inchsolid-statedrive,orahybrid
harddiskdriveinstalledinsomemodels)
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