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Chapter 5. Storage Devices This section contains information about some of the data-storage devices available for your computer. These devices enable you to expand the capacity of your computer. The common types of storage devices that can be used in the computer are: Diskette drives Hard disk drives CD-ROM drives Tape drives Zip drives Each drive has a letter assigned to it. For example, if your computer has two diskette drives, one is called drive A, and the other is called drive B. If you have only one hard disk drive, it is called drive C. If you partition the drive, the partitions are named as if they were separate drives: drive D, drive E, and so on. The type and number of devices that you can have in your computer vary by computer model. You can add internal storage devices if expansion bays are available. Refer to PC 300GL User Guide for more information on expansion space. Diskette Drives Your computer comes with a 1.44 MB diskette drive designed to use only 3.5-inch diskettes. Optional diskette drives that support different sizes and capacities of diskettes are available from your IBM marketing representative or IBM reseller. Diskettes You can use 3.5-inch diskettes in the diskette drive of your computer. If you want to use 5.25-inch diskettes, you must install a 5.25-inch diskette drive. The information that follows will help you identify and use 3.5-inch diskettes. Identifying Diskettes The labeling on 3.5-inch diskettes is not consistent among manufacturers. Some diskettes are labeled with the letters DD or HD to identify the diskette type; other diskettes might not be labeled. However, the appearance of the lower-right corner of a 3.5-inch diskette always can be used to identify the diskette type, as shown in the following illustrations. 28 © Copyright IBM Corp. 1998