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Adding or replacing drives
Preparing to add or replace a drive
One 3.5-inch diskette drive, one 3.5-inch hard drive, and one CD drive are
included with your computer. You can add one additional half-height 3.5-inch
tape storage or disk storage device.
As you prepare to install drives, keep the following in mind:
■ To remove and install drives, use an antistatic wrist strap.
■ If you remove a drive, place it in an antistatic bag or container.
■ Before you install a drive, see the drive documentation for information
on configuring the drive, setting any jumpers on the drive, and attaching
cables to the drive.
■ If you are installing a drive that requires a controller card, install the card
before you install the drive.
■ IDE cables automatically assign master/slave positions to the drives they
connect. You can override these assignments using the jumpers on the
drives.
■ IDE hard drives can be configured as single, master, or slave. IDE CD
drives can be configured as master or slave. Configure the drives by using
the drive-select jumpers located on the drives.
■ You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup
utility. Press F1 at start up to open the BIOS Setup utility.