Dell OptiPlex E1 - Manual (Page 105)

Installing Drives 7-1
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Your Dell computer has six drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see
Figure 7-1):
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The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one
3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch diskette drive) and three 5.25-inch bays
that can hold up to three half-height, 5.25-inch devices—typically, tape drives or
CD-ROM drives. Alternately, 3.5-inch devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch
bays using adapters available from Dell.
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The two hard-disk drive bays can each hold a 3.5-inch enhanced integrated drive
electronics (EIDE) drive. Together, the bays can hold one 1-inch-high (or smaller)
drive and one 1.6-inch-high (or smaller) drive
The next three sections contain information that you will need in several of the instal-
lation procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining sections of this
chapter cover each type of drive installation.
NOTE: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as
you face the front of the computer.
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externally accessible
drive bays (4)
two-bay hard-disk
drive area (internal)