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More info?)
"SteveH" <steve.hough@NOSPAMblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> > "MilesG" <mjgolding@btopenworldYorkLoaves.com> wrote in message
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> >> My midi tower has a three 3.5 bay cage - all occupied by floppy drive,
> >> front USB/firewire/audio, and HD. I wish to add a slave HD. Does anyone
> >> have a suggestion as to where I can locate this please? There is a
space
> >> above the PSU, but it's very poorly ventilated, and the slave
connection
> >> would not reach that far.
> >> Miles
> >>
> >>
> > I see two options:
> >
> > 1) if your original harddrive is relatively small
> > and your new one, large...
> > just clone your OS to the new one...then remove the original drive
> > and put the new one there
> >
> > 2) remove the usb/firewire/audio assembly & put your HD there.
> > then terminate your usb, etc. through the rear of the machine
> Or, if the o/p has a spare 5.25 bay, get some HDD rails and put it in
there.
>
> SteveH
Yep you used to get rails with any retail box HDD purchase - the rails
simply adjust the 5.25" (CD-ROM drive) bay width to 3.5". Alternatively you
could get a HDD caddy to fit a 5.25" bay - you can get these with fans for
extra cooling, or you could get a removeable caddy, where you can slide out
the HDD for security or backup purposes..Ebuyer do one for £4:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=6686129963&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=72253