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Epson LT - 286e User Manual

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4. Keep the hard disk drive level and lower it straight down

into the hard disk drive slot. If you lower either side first,

the connectors do not fit into the sockets.

5. Press firmly (but carefully) on the hard disk drive until it

snaps into place.

The TYPE indicator on the left side identifies the type of hard

disk drive. You use this TYPE for the SETUP program. A 20MB

hard disk is TYPE 2; a 40MB hard disk is TYPE 17.

A new hard disk drive must be partitioned and formatted to run

an operating system. The MS-DOS installation program, called

SELECT, performs these functions. See your MS-DOS

Installation Guide for details after you complete the remaining

steps in this chapter.

Setting Up Your System

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