Locating Internal Drives - Lenovo ThinkCentre A70 7099 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 8,
"Replacing FRUs (Machine Types: 0864, 7099, and 7846.)," on page 83 for
instructions on how to install or replace internal drives for your computer.
Figure 5 shows the locations of the drive bays in your computer.
Figure 5. Drive bay locations
1 Bay 1 - Optical drive bay (with an optical drive installed)
2 Bay 2 - Slim card reader drive bay (with a slim card reader installed in some models)
3 Bay 3 - SATA hard disk drive bay (with a 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive installed)
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