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Drives
Dell™ OptiPlex™ 745c User's Guide
General Installation Guidelines
Hard Drive
Drive-Panel Inserts
Floppy Drive
Optical Drive
Your computer supports:
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Two SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives
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One floppy drive
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Two SATA optical drives
General Installation Guidelines
Connect SATA hard drives to the connectors labeled "SATA0" or "SATA1." Connect SATA optical drives to SATA connectors on the system board (see
System
Board Components
).
Connecting Drive Cables
When you install a drive, you connect two cables
—
a DC power cable and a data cable
—
to the back of the drive.
Drive Interface Connectors
NOTE:
Due to the limited number of drive bays and controllers on this computer, you will not be able to connect all supported devices at once.
1
optical drive
2
floppy drive
3
hard drive
SATA Connector