mounting drives in a case

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I have an old Del case, that I'd like to mount 2 drives in. The way
you mount drives in this box is to screw the long flat plastic
brackets onto a 5.25I drive, one bracket per side, take off the front
part of the case, and slide in the drive with the attached brackets
from the outside forward, until the drive slides all the way in, and
the brackets snap in, holding the drive in place.

My problem is that I don't have extra brackets, and don't want to have
to order them from Del, or to go out and get them anyway. A friend of
mine told me that sometimes Del supplies extra brackets on the inside
of their cases of this type, but short of unscrewing the motherboard to see if there
is anything between it and the case back, I've been over the inside of
the case 4 times, with no extra brackets.

So, does anyone have any ingenious ideas for how I can mount 2 5.25I
drives in the case without having the extra brackets to mount them
with? Anyway to attach screws to this type of case that isn't obvious?

I also noticed that the metal covers that cover the unused bays on
this case are held on by 2 screws, one on either side, screwed into
the front edges of the case on each side. Any creative way of screwing
the drives in somehow that way? Any suggestions would be much
appreciated. If any part of my description doesn't make sense, please
let me know, and I'll try to clarify. Thanks in advance.

Greg
 
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