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Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see Figure 7-1): The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one 3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch diskette drive) and two 5.25-inch bays that can hold up to two half-height, 5.25-inch devices-typically tape drives or CD-ROM drives. The two vertically positioned hard-disk drive bays can each hold a 3.5-inch enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) or small computer system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drive. The bay on the right (as you face the front of the computer) can hold a 1-inch-high (or smaller) drive, whereas the bay on the left accommodates a 1.6-inch-high (or smaller) drive. The next two sections contain information that you will need in several of the installation procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining sections of this chapter cover each type of drive installation. NOTE: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as you face the front of the computer. two-bay hard-disk drive area (internal) front of computer externally accessible drive bays Installing Drives 7-1

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Installing Drives
7-1
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Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see
Figure 7-1):
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The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one
3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch diskette drive) and two 5.25-inch bays
that can hold up to two half-height, 5.25-inch devices—typically tape drives or
CD-ROM drives.
²
The two vertically positioned hard-disk drive bays can each hold a 3.5-inch
enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) or small computer system interface
(SCSI) hard-disk drive. The bay on the right (as you face the front of the computer)
can hold a 1-inch-high (or smaller) drive, whereas the bay on the left accommo-
dates a 1.6-inch-high (or smaller) drive.
The next two sections contain information that you will need in several of the installa-
tion procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining sections of this chapter
cover each type of drive installation.
NOTE: In all of the following procedures,
left
and
right
refer to your left and right as
you face the
front
of the computer.
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externally
accessible
drive bays
front of computer
two-bay hard-disk
drive area (internal)