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Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see Figure 10-1): 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. Alternately, 3.5-inch devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch bays using adapters available from Dell. The two-bay hard-disk drive cage next to the accessible bays can hold up to two 1.6-inch hard-disk drives installed vertically. The drives must be either enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) hard-disk drives or small computer system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drives. The next three 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. NOTES: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as you face the front of the computer. Because of the length of the bay, you can only install tape backup units or ZIP drives in the lower 5.25-inch bay. You can install a CD-ROM only in the top 5.25-inch bay. Installing Drives 10-1

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Installing Drives
10-1
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Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see
Figure 10-1):
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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. Alternately, 3.5-inch devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch
bays using adapters available from Dell.
²
The two-bay hard-disk drive cage next to the accessible bays can hold up to two
1.6-inch hard-disk drives installed vertically. The drives must be either enhanced
integrated drive electronics (EIDE) hard-disk drives or small computer system
interface (SCSI) hard-disk drives.
The next three sections contain information that you will need in several of the instal-
lation procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining sections of this
chapter cover each type of drive installation.
NOTES: In all of the following procedures,
left
and
right
refer to your left and right as
you face the
front
of the computer.
Because of the length of the bay, you can only install tape backup units or ZIP drives in
the lower 5.25-inch bay. You can install a CD-ROM only in the top 5.25-inch bay.