Installing New HD

magicman08

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Questions re Mounting New HD

I am putting a new HD into my computer and don't have anything to mount it with...
would it be okay if I put it on top of my cd-rom drive? Or any other ideas to mount it safely?
 
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its an older machine, there isn't even any space to mount one, so I am jus gunna take out an old cd-rom drive and toss the new hd and just set it on top of the cd-rom drive
 
You can get mounting adapters for putting hard drives in the 5 1/4 bays. Sitting it on top of the cd-rom drive is not real smart. A bump on the case would send it flying around in the case. Not a good thing.
Besides the metal frame is part of the heat disapation system on the hard drive. Sitting it on top of something else trying to get rid of heat and things tend to over heat. The brackets I'm talking about can be had at just about any place that sells computer parts. Run about 3 or 4 dollars.
 
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