Lenovo ThinkCentre M51e (English) User guide - Page 31
Installing, internal, drives, Drive, specifications
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Installing internal drives This section provides information and instructions for installing and removing internal drives. Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your computer to increase storage capacity and to enable your computer to read other types of media. Some of the different drives that are available for your computer are: v Parallel ATA hard disk drives v Serial ATA hard disk drives v Optical drives such as CD, CD-RW, and DVD drives v Removable media drives Note: These different drives are also referred to as integrated drive electronics (IDE) drives. Internal drives are installed in bays. In this book, the bays are referred to as bay 1, bay 2, and so on. When you install an internal drive, it is important to note what type and size of drive that you can install in each bay. Also, it is important to correctly connect the internal drive cables to the installed drive. Drive specifications Your computer comes with the following factory-installed drives: v An optical drive in bay 1 (some models) v A 3.5-inch diskette disk drive in bay 4 v A 3.5-inch hard drive in bay 5 Chapter 1. Installing options 15