July 2003
Beginner to intermediate
874 pages
38h 13m
English
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Installing Drives
We attempted to write an overview section here to describe how to install and configure drives. Unfortunately, we found it impossible to condense that information to an overview level. Physical installation procedures vary significantly, and configuration procedures even more, depending on numerous factors, including:
Drive type
Physical drive size, both height and width
Internal (hard drives) versus externally accessible (floppy, optical, and tape drives)
Mounting arrangements provided by the particular case
Drive interface (SCSI versus ATA/ATAPI)
For specific information about installing and configuring various drive types, including illustrations and examples, refer to the following chapters:
Floppy disk drives, Chapter 6
High-capacity floppy disk drives, Chapter 7
Tape drives, Chapter 9
CD-ROM drives, Chapter 10
DVD drives, Chapter 12
Hard disk drives, Chapter 14
Cases, Chapter 25
Building a PC, Chapter 28