Using Additional Hard Drives; Using Lte 5000 Hard Drives; Using Lte Elite Hard Drives - Compaq LTE 5000 Setup Manual

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Using Additional Hard Drives

The computer can support up to four hard drives—two in the
computer and two in the expansion base MultiBays. A variety of
optional LTE 5000 hard drives are available. Some LTE Elite hard
drives can also be used with limitations that are described later in
this section.
IMPORTANT: The original LTE 5000 hard drive preinstalled in the
dedicated hard drive bay contains software necessary to access
many resources. Those resources will not be available if you start
(boot) the computer from a drive other than the original (or
specially prepared) hard drive. The original hard drive with the
preinstalled software has "LTE 5000" printed on the label.
IMPORTANT: Before inserting or removing a drive, be sure you
have read the cautions under "Caring for Removable Drives" earlier
in this chapter.

Using LTE 5000 Hard Drives

To use an optional LTE 5000 hard drive, follow the steps described
earlier in this chapter to insert the drive into one of the MultiBays.
Start (boot) the computer from the original LTE 5000 hard drive in
the dedicated hard drive bay.
NOTE: If you want to start the computer from the optional hard
drive, you must partition and format it as a bootable drive. You
must also copy to it the LTE 5000 software that is necessary to
operate the computer and access computer features.

Using LTE Elite Hard Drives

The hard drive controller in the computer and in the expansion
bases each support a primary hard drive and a secondary hard drive.
Some later-model LTE Elite hard drives have secondary-drive
capability, which means they can be used in a primary or a
secondary drive bay. They can be used in any of the MultiBays
to store and transfer data files. LTE Elite hard drives that do not
have secondary-drive capability must be used in a primary drive
bay only.
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