Find A Free Drive Bay - Toshiba ATAPI Installation Manual

the documentation supplied with the hard disk drives in your computer for their
configuration switch settings:
Primary cable
Master Slave
ATA hard —
disk drive
ATAPI —
CD-ROM
(MASTER)
ATAPI ATAPI
CD-ROM CD-ROM
(MASTER) (SLAVE)
ATA hard ATA hard
disk drive disk drive
ATA hard —
disk drive
ATA hard ATA hard
disk drive disk drive
It is possible to attach a CD-ROM drive to the same cable as a hard disk drive, but hard
disk performance suffers, so it is not recommended.

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The CD-ROM drive fits into any free half-height drive slot at the front of the computer.
Free drive slots usually have a cover plate of metal or plastic which conceals the front of
the slot. This is sometimes clipped in place, or sometimes fixed with two screws.
Remove the cover plate ready to fit the drive.
Secondary cable
Master Slave
— —
— —
— —
— —
ATAPI —
CD-ROM
(MASTER)
ATAPI —
CD-ROM
(MASTER)
Notes
One hard drive on one cable
One CD-ROM drive on one cable
Two CD-ROM drives on one cable
Two hard drives on one cable
One hard drive on one cable and
one CD-ROM drive on a second
cable
Two hard drives on one cable and
one CD-ROM drive on a second
cable
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