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Dell™ External Media Bay
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Contents
1 About Your Dell™ External Media Bay . . . 5
2 Using the External Media Bay
Connecting the External Media Bay to the Computer. . . 7
Inserting a Media Bay Module Into the External Media Bay
Removing the Media Bay Module
Securing the External Media Bay
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3 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 Finding Information
Glossary
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About Your Dell™ External Media
Bay
The external media bay supports the following devices for Dell E-Series
laptop computers:
• 9.5" eSATA optical drives
• 1.8" SATA HDD or SSD
1 external media bay 2 eSATA cable
(DVD, Combo, DVR +/-RW)
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