Personal Computer User's Guide
Locatinginternaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourcomputerusestoreadandstoredata.Youcanadddrivestoyour
computertoincreasestoragecapacityandenableyourcomputertoreadothertypesofmedia.Internal
drivesareinstalledinbays.Inthismanual,thebaysarereferredtoasbay1,bay2,andsoon.
Wheninstallingorreplacinganinternaldrive,itisimportanttonotethetypeandsizeofthedrivethatyou
caninstallorreplaceineachbayandcorrectlyconnectthecablestothedriveinstalled.Refertothe
appropriatesectionin“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage31forinstructionsonhowtoinstallor
replaceinternaldrivesforyourcomputer.
Figure5“Drivebaylocations”onpage13
showsthelocationsofthedrivebays.
Figure5.Drivebaylocations
1Bay1-Opticaldrivebay(withanopticaldriveinstalledonsomemodels)
2Bay2-Cardreaderdrivebay
3Bay3-Harddiskdrivebay(witha3.5-inchSATAharddiskdriveinstalled)
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