From the response to the photo, you know it's hard to tell. The loose end on the red wire may be for a secondary drive, can't tell if the middle of it is attached to the silver enclosure on the bottom bay and whether that is a harddrive, usaually a harddrive is just screwed inside the bay and not in a enclosure. To me it looks like the harddrive should be the black area, it's gotta be one of the two bays on the bottom. The 2 at the top are CD/DVD or floopy or whatever shows on the front of computer. A local Mom and Pop computer shop would be able to tell you in a minute if you carried it in without the case, may not even charge you. I hope the comp usa extended warranty gets there soon, the kids must really be desperate to play with it by now!

Sorry for not looking first, I find on the "web". Keep your sensitive personal files secure with SanDisk SecureAccess software. I will read there how to use it, but still wounder about the need for 16 GB by the recovery creation program.

Thanks, Zep!!! WMP is BACK! ;-) My pc just finished restoring to factory settings. I did as you said, but "Repair Your Computer" then gave me a list of options from which to choose!!! Rather shakily, I selected the one to restore to default settings. It never asked for my recovery disks! Why did Acer ever have me make them??? It used the recovery partition of my laptop. Anyway, I'm thrilled and thankful. I desperately needed this pc with WMP for an upcoming retreat... Owbist, I didn't see your post until I was finished. The screen I was given in bios was an advanced bios settings screen with options listed. I may have done something wrong... Question: (I'm using my desktop for this post...) Will Win 7 Service Pack 1 save me from installing any updates? Should I just go to Windows update and see what it tells me? Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

If you feel the need to blow into the CD drawer for cooling perhaps removing the side panel will help. When the side is off take a look and see if there is an accumulation of dust around the fans causing it to overheat and quit. Do not attempt to clean in there with the power cord still attached and rest your bare arm or hand on the case to ground yourself.