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Before Installing an
Additional IDE Drive
NOTE
Installing Mass Storage Devices
If you need to have extra mass storage space for your application
software, you can install additional mass storage devices.
The PC has one internal drive shelf for a hard disk drive. If your PC
already has a hard disk drive, this shelf will be occupied.
There are three front access drive shelves. The top shelf is occupied by
a 3.5-inch flexible disk drive. The middle shelf may be used to install a
flexible disk drive or a CD-ROM drive. The bottom shelf may be used to
install a second hard disk drive or a 1-inch high, 5.25-inch or 3.5-inch,
front access device.
Your PC has the following connectors on the system board which may
be used by mass storage devices:
a flexible disk drive connector
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(supporting up to two flexible disk drives)
an IDE CD-ROM drive connector
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(this connector - colored red - cannot be used for IDE hard disk
drives)
an Enhanced IDE hard disk drive connector
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(supporting up to two IDE hard disk drives).
Create a bootable diskette before installing an additional IDE drive.
Use the Master Diskette Creation utility
master copy of the operating system. This utility is located in the
HPutils group.
For non-DOS/Windows operating systems, refer to the operating
system documentation for information on how to create a bootable
diskette, format a drive, and install the operating system.
You may install a non-IDE mass storage device, but it will need an
accessory board and driver software (usually supplied with the device).
Contact the product vendor for more information.
3 How to Install Accessories Inside Your PC
Installing Mass Storage Devices
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