Installing Storage Devices - HP Brio 8172 Upgrade Manual

Installing Storage Devices

You can install additional storage devices if, for example, you need extra storage space for your application software.
Your computer has two internal shelves for 3.5-inch hard disk drives, and one internal shelf for a 5.25-inch hard disk
drive. Depending on your model, one of these internal shelves will already have a drive installed in it. You can install
another two hard disk drives in the two remaining internal shelves.
Your computer also has a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive and a CD-ROM drive installed in front-access device shelves. Two
more front-access device shelves are available to install other drives. Note that some models also have a tape drive
installed, leaving one front-access shelf available for a new drive.
Disk drives ordered from HP are supplied with mounting rails. If you order your drive from another supplier, you
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should use the drive mounting rails supplied with your computer.
Your computer has the following cables which may be used by storage devices:
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An Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard disk drive cable. This cable supports up to two IDE hard disk
drives. One hard disk drive is already connected to the master (boot) connector on this cable. This cable is labeled Hard
Disk.
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A second Enhanced IDE drive cable with two connectors. The CD-ROM drive is connected to one connector on this
cable. If you install a zip drive, for example, connect it to the second connector on this cable. This cable is labeled
CD-ROM.
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A floppy disk drive cable. This supports up to two floppy disk drives (or one floppy disk drive and one tape drive). One
3.5-inch floppy disk drive is already connected to this cable. This cable is labeled Flexible Disk.
Although there are three connectors on the floppy disk drive cable, your computer only supports two drives on the
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cable.
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