Hard drive mountings

[Muddymike]

Hi Folks

I need to fit a hard drive into one of my PCs. The existing drives are held in by green plastic clips that allow the drive to be easily slid in and out. It has spare bays but they are all designed to take these clips and don't allow for a drive to be mounted in the normal way. My problem is there is no manufacturers name on the case and I can't find where I can buy more clips. Any ideas?

Mike

[Bernard Peek]

In the past I've taken an existing clip along with me to a computer faire and looked for others like it. There is no standard design so mail-order is unlikely to get what you want, unless you can find the manufacturer. Is there any text embossed on the clips?

[Andy Cap]

Look on Ebay for Dell green mountings.

Andy C

[Nightjar]

Presumably, there are no spares clipped into an obscure part of the inside of the case? A picture of the clips might help.

Colin Bignell

[John Rumm]

Acer desktop machines use these as well...

[John Williamson]

[Nightjar]

Bignell

[Paul D Smith]

So do some older HPs.

[John Rumm]

Probably worth mentioning that their mini tower cases have loads of spare drive bays in them, and they all come equipped with clips, so if they fit and you can find someone with one, they have plenty to spare even if they don't know it.

[Paul - xxx]

As do Fujitsu Siemens ..

A picture of the actual clip might help ...

[Paul D Smith]

You could try looking at what motherboard is fitted. You might then be able to match this to a manufacturer, unless you know your box really was a generic "small supplier".

Paul DS.

[Jules Richardson]

Or powerful magnets, such as those found inside hard drives which have been rendered useless by powerful magnets.

;)

[fred]

In article , Muddymike writes

based copy, 2 stuck together for the runners with the outer extending outwards to make the springy bit. Hard drive screws, co-bored into the outer stick instead of pins.

[grimly4]

find something in the bits bin that will fit - even if not hideous green plastic, but a metal stamping that might screw into the sides of the HDD. They look really familiar, in a 'that'll do it' kind of way.