need a bit of hardware advise

[Bear in SFO]

Yes, Tandy = Radio Shack

At 12:52 PM 10/29/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>You don't need a mobile rack draw, there are very cheap (probably about 
>us$2) mounting kits you can get which allow you to mount a 3.5 inch drive 
>in a 5.25 inch bay.
>Out here the place you would get stuff like that is Tandy, I think thats 
>called Radio Shack in the states?
>or any half way decent computer hardware supplier should have them.
>You fit the drive into the mounting kit then screw the kit into the bay, 
>and voila.
>regards
>Aaron
>On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:46:09PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > A friend of mine will be giving me a 10 gb hard drive, which I could 
> most certainly use.
> >
> > However, I don't have any 3.5 inch bays free in the case, but do have 3 
> 5.25 inch bays free.
> >
> > Short of going out and getting one of those mobile rack drawers that 
> install in the 5.25 inch bays, is there any safe way for me to secure a 
> 3.5 inch hard drive into a 5.25 inch bay?
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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