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4 Drives Adding a Drive to the System Removable drives enable you to store and access data. A standard removable drive can be added to the system by inserting the drive into the notebook or an optional port replicator. A USB drive can be added by connecting the drive to a USB connector on the notebook or a port replicator. Hard drive functions can also be added with a microdrive PC Card. For information about connecting a USB drive, refer in this guide to the "External Device Connections" section, "Connecting a USB Device." For information about PC Cards, refer to the "Hardware Upgrades" section, "Using PC Cards." The notebook contains 2 drive bays: ■ The hard drive bay supports only a 9.5-mm hard drive. Any hard drive in the hard drive bay is the primary hard drive. ■ The MultiBay supports a 9.5-mm hard drive (inserted into a MultiBay hard drive adapter) and the following 12.7-mm standard removable drives: ❏ CD-ROM drive ❏ CD-RW drive ❏ DVD-ROM drive ❏ DVD-RAM drive ❏ DVD/CD-RW drive ❏ Diskette drive ❏ SuperDisk drive ❏ Zip drive Hardware Guide 4-1

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Hardware Guide
4–1
4
Drives
Adding a Drive to the System
Removable drives enable you to store and access data.
A standard removable drive can be added to the system by
inserting the drive into the notebook or an optional port replicator.
A USB drive can be added by connecting the drive to a USB
connector on the notebook or a port replicator. Hard drive
functions can also be added with a microdrive PC Card.
For information about connecting a USB drive, refer in this guide
to the “External Device Connections” section, “Connecting a
USB Device.” For information about PC Cards, refer to the
“Hardware Upgrades” section, “Using PC Cards.”
The notebook contains 2 drive bays:
■
The hard drive bay supports only a 9.5-mm hard drive. Any
hard drive in the hard drive bay is the
primary
hard drive.
■
The MultiBay supports a 9.5-mm hard drive (inserted into a
MultiBay hard drive adapter) and the following 12.7-mm
standard removable drives:
❏
CD-ROM drive
❏
Diskette drive
❏
CD-RW drive
❏
SuperDisk drive
❏
DVD-ROM drive
❏
Zip drive
❏
DVD-RAM drive
❏
DVD/CD-RW drive