To fit 3.5 HD as extra drive in new PC

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.
--
D.J.

Dean Jackson wrote:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What
do I need to buy.

Can you post pictures? Provide the name of the new computer?

I mean links, not just "pictures", of course.

Dean Jackson wrote:
New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.


If you wanted to install a DVD drive it would be easier. They come with
full frontal panel plus screws, and that fits neatly into the slot.
However, for a HD you'll need a container bracket like this;
https://bit.ly/2DobB9Z
and then you install your HD into the bracket, screw it into the slot,
connect rear cables (power and SATA), and boot.

Ed

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 17:55:27 +0100, Dean Jackson
wrote:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.

You sure there's no mounting brackets/screws? Ask the manufacurer.
They should know best.

Ed Cryer wrote:

for a HD you'll need a container bracket like this;
https://bit.ly/2DobB9Z

or maybe some drive rails, sometimes the spares are clipped into another
part of the case ready for use.

if we knew the brand of PC or case it might help ...

Dean Jackson wrote in news:58Q3H.1581371
:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.

By 'no slots' does that mean that there is no obvious space where the
drives should go, or just that there are no rails,etc?

Some systems don't use brackets/carriers, the drive is just mounted in the
frame by inserting screws through the frame into the mounting holes in the
drive.

Dean Jackson wrote:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.

There will be a 3.5" drive cage placed behind where you pop out the
covers from the case's front. A case might have the pop off covers but
no drive cage behind it, or it could have the drive cage but no pop off
covers in the case front. It is was spec'ed to have two 3.5" external
drive bays, it should have the cage and case covers. If it has 5.25"
drive bays, you could use adapters to fit the smaller 3.5" drive into a
5.25" drive bay.

Rather hard to diagnose some undefined hardware. Is it a secret brand
and model of case, or secret brand and model of computer? If you don't
know brand and model of case or computer, take off the side panel, take
a pic, upload to online storage (imgur, tinypic, etc), and give the URL
to those uploaded pics showing the inside of the case. Also take pics
of the front of the case. "New computer" says nothing about what you
actually have.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Wed, 2 Sep 2020 20:15:30 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:

for a HD you'll need a container bracket like this;
https://bit.ly/2DobB9Z

That's 77 euros for a little box????

or maybe some drive rails, sometimes the spares are clipped into another
part of the case ready for use.

if we knew the brand of PC or case it might help ...

For sure.

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 at 17:55:27, Dean Jackson
wrote:
New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What do I
need to buy.

Is there any reason you can't speak to the advertiser? Sounds like false
advertising to me. Or at least negotiate a partial refund.

Without knowing more about the computer, we can't really advise; I
presume it's some sort of desktop machine, if it uses 3.5" drives.
Unless it's a very unusual case, you might be able to salvage suitable
cages from old PCs - try your local recycling centre, charity
refurbisher, or whatever: the availability of all these varies widely
from country to country and within the country. (I've seen things
described here as being sold for pennies at a "garage sale" or "yard
sale" in parts of USA, for example, that make me quite envious.)

When you say "just a gap", where? Behind the front panel (if so top or
bottom), or somewhere else? Is the case a tower of some sort, or
horizontal? Normal size or "small form factor"? (SFF often don't have
room for more than one drive, so I'm guessing not.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Old professors don't fade away - they just lose their faculties.

On 02/09/2020 17:58, John Doe wrote:
Dean Jackson wrote:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit drives into. What
do I need to buy.

Can you post pictures? Provide the name of the new computer?

It was made by Novatech in UK and what they had done was fit the 2.5"
disk into a 3.5" bay.
DVD drive, then the gap plus what turns out to be a 2.5" drive in the
3.5" bay.
Their reply:
" Now that I've found the correct order I've taken a look into your
purchase with us. From the specification your case has 2X 3.5" bays. One
of those bays would have been converted into a 2.5" bay to house your
240GB SSD that is currently in the machine. As such there will be only
one free 3.5" bay.

You shouldn't need an adapter or anything like that to utilise this bay,
the drive should be able to screw directly into it"
D.J.

Dean Jackson wrote:

It was made by Novatech in UK and what they had done was fit the 2.5"
disk into a 3.5" bay.
DVD drive, then the gap plus what turns out to be aÂ* 2.5" drive in the
3.5" bay.
Their reply:
" Now that I've found the correct order I've taken a look into your
purchase with us. From the specification your case has 2X 3.5" bays. One
of those bays would have been converted into a 2.5" bay to house your
240GB SSD that is currently in the machine. As such there will be only
one free 3.5" bay.

You shouldn't need an adapter or anything like that to utilise this bay,
the drive should be able to screw directly into it"

Sounds fairly normal.

If you want to fit another 2.5" drive you'd buy a mounting bracket to
fit it, as they say a 3.5" drive you'd just fit it with screws ...

On 04/09/2020 08:26, Andy Burns wrote:
Dean Jackson wrote:

It was made by Novatech in UK and what they had done was fit the 2.5"
disk into a 3.5" bay.
DVD drive, then the gap plus what turns out to be aÂ* 2.5" drive in the
3.5" bay.
Their reply:
" Now that I've found the correct order I've taken a look into your
purchase with us. From the specification your case has 2X 3.5" bays.
One of those bays would have been converted into a 2.5" bay to house
your 240GB SSD that is currently in the machine. As such there will be
only one free 3.5" bay.

You shouldn't need an adapter or anything like that to utilise this
bay, the drive should be able to screw directly into it"

Sounds fairly normal.

If you want to fit another 2.5" drive you'd buy a mounting bracket to
fit it, as they say a 3.5" drive you'd just fit it with screws ...
I expected it to have two free 3.5 drives and a 2.5 drive. It was
somewhat of a surprise to find it as it is.
https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/...ifenti351.html
I normally buy a bare bones sysyem

D.J.

Dean Jackson wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

If you want to fit another 2.5" drive you'd buy a mounting bracket to
fit it, as they say a 3.5" drive you'd just fit it with screws ...

I expected it to have two free 3.5 drives and a 2.5 drive.

It's not as though a 2.5" SSD is heavy, just stick it somewhere with
double-sided tape.

Andy Burns wrote:

Dean Jackson wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

If you want to fit another 2.5" drive you'd buy a mounting
bracket to fit it, as they say a 3.5" drive you'd just fit it
with screws ...

I expected it to have two free 3.5 drives and a 2.5 drive.

It's not as though a 2.5" SSD is heavy, just stick it somewhere
with double-sided tape.

Or hot melt glue (very easily removed, when needed, with isopropyl
alcohol).