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Parallel port
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Two universal serial bus (USB) ports
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Audio-out jack
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AGP video port
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Network connector
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External SCSI connector.
Drives
The standard configuration for your computer includes a 1.44-MB 3.5-inch
diskette drive, a hard drive, and a CD-ROM drive. You can install up to
seven additional drives (depending on drive height) in the computer.
Two IDE controllers and a diskette controller are integrated into the system
board. A SCSI controller card is also included as a standard feature. For
instructions on installing drives, see the “Installing Components” chapter in
the
Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your E-5250 System
guide
.
The first 2 gigabytes (GB) of the hard drive shipped with your Windows
NT computer are partitioned as file allocation table (FAT)16. The rest of the
space on the drive is partitioned as NT file system (NTFS). Any other hard
drives shipped from the factory with your computer are partitioned as
NTFS.
FAT16 and NTFS are different methods that the operating system uses to
organize and keep track of files on a hard drive. Your hard drive is divided
into both types of partitions to support your 16-bit software and your 32-bit
software.
FAT16 supports the older 16-bit software and is limited to partitions of 2
GB or less. NTFS supports 32-bit software and large drive sizes. Unlike
FAT16 partitions, NTFS partitions cannot be viewed with Microsoft
®
disk
operating system (MS-DOS
®
) diagnostic utilities, such as fdisk. See your
Windows NT manual for more information on NTFS.