Drives; Adding A Drive To The System - HP Compaq 800c Hardware Manual

Adding a Drive to the System

Removable drives enable you to store and access data.
A standard removable drive can be added to the system by
inserting the drive into the notebook or an optional port replicator.
A USB drive can be added by connecting the drive to a USB
connector on the notebook or a port replicator. Hard drive
functions can also be added with a microdrive PC Card.
For information about connecting a USB drive, refer in this guide
to the "External Device Connections" section, "Connecting a
USB Device." For information about PC Cards, refer to the
"Hardware Upgrades" section, "Using PC Cards."
The notebook contains 2 drive bays:
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The hard drive bay supports only a 9.5-mm hard drive. Any
hard drive in the hard drive bay is the primary hard drive.
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The MultiBay supports a 9.5-mm hard drive (inserted into a
MultiBay hard drive adapter) and the following 12.7-mm
standard removable drives:
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Hardware Guide
CD-ROM drive
CD-RW drive
DVD-ROM drive
DVD-RAM drive
DVD/CD-RW drive
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Diskette drive
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SuperDisk drive
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Zip drive
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