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    Drive Bay

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:41 pm
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    An area of reserved space in a personal computer where hard or floppy disk drives (or tape drives) can be installed. The number of drive bays in a computer determines the total number of internal mass storage devices it can handle.

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