Locating Internal Drives - Lenovo ThinkCentre A85 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Locating internal drives

Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your
computer to increase storage capacity and enable your computer to read other types of media. Internal
drives are installed in bays. In this manual, the bays are referred to as bay 1, bay 2, and so on.
When installing or replacing an internal drive, it is important to note the type and size of the drive that you
can install or replace in each bay and correctly connect the cables to the drive installed. Refer to the
appropriate section in Chapter 9 "Installing or replacing hardware: 0104, 0154, 7539, and 7548" on page 101
for instructions on how to install or replace internal drives for your computer.
Figure 40 "Drive bay locations" on page 105 shows the locations of the drive bays in your computer.
Figure 40. Drive bay locations
1
Bay 1 - Optical drive bay (with an optical drive installed)
2
Bay 2 - Slim card reader drive bay
3
Bay 3 - SATA hard disk drive bay
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