Drives
Hardware Guide
4–3
Adding a Drive to the System
Removable drives enable you to store and access data.
■
A standard drive can be added to the system by inserting the
drive into the notebook MultiBay or optional Advanced Port
Replicator.
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A diskette drive can also be added.
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A USB drive can be added by connecting the drive to a USB
connector on the notebook or optional Port Replicator.
For information about connecting a USB drive, refer to the
“External Devices”
chapter in this book.
The notebook has 2 drive bays:
■
The hard drive bay supports only a hard drive. The hard drive
in the hard drive bay is the
primary
hard drive.
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The MultiBay supports any MultiBay device, including the
following:
❏
Hard drive (inserted into a MultiBay hard drive adapter)
❏
CD or CD-RW drive
❏
DVD or DVD/CD-RW or DVD+RW
❏
Diskette drive
❏
MultiBay battery
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