Adding A Second Hard Disk Drive - Mitsubishi Electric Apricot LS 550 Owner's Handbook Manual

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Adding a second hard disk drive

Your computer system can support two 3.5" hard disk drives. Such
dual drives are known as master and slave. A single drive, or the
boot device in a dual drive system must be configured as master.
The second, non-bootable drive in a dual drive system must be
configured as slave.
IDE drives are usually configured using jumpers on the drive.
Configuration details may vary from drive to drive. Most drives are
supplied with documentation describing how to configure the drive.
If you are uncertain about configuring the drive consult your
supplier.
Installing the drive
To install the hard disk drive:
1. Turn off the computer and unplug all power cords.
2. If there is a diskette in the diskette drive, remove it.
3. Take suitable anti-static precautions and remove the system unit
4. Unplug the power and signal cables from the rear of the CD-
5. You will need to remove the floppy drive bay in order to gain
6. Unplug the power and signal cables from the rear of the hard
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cover.
Caution Caution
If you are unfamiliar with the recommended anti-static precautions
and/or the process of removing the system unit cover, refer to Appendix A,
"Inside the System Unit".
ROM and floppy drives.
access to the hard disk drive bay. Identify the screws which
secure the floppy bay and loosen them to remove the floppy bay
from the system unit.
disk drive.