HELP - need one more stupid component to finish system!

schford · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:29

The one **** up with building my system I made was not realising there are only spaces to properly mount 2 by hard disks s in my case and I ordered 3 and have them running in a RAID array.

I botched(ish) the third into the floppy disk bay. But I really want to put the floppy in that (only time I use is for OEM drivers during windows install)

Anyhow I am going to order Vista Ultimate OEM 64 tonight and wanted to order something to install the .35 inch drive into the spare 5.25 bay on my case.

Could some one be kind enough to tell me what I need - point me at it in Overclockers store.

Thanks

Stuart

ANDARIAL · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:35

you need either a 3.5 to 5.25 adapter to fit hdd to cd bay(2 pieces of metal about 5 inches long in a sort of c section)or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-006-BT
but the above is for SATA

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-BT
that one is for ATA/IDE
bit expensive though

furnace · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:36

edit: what he said

beat me to it.

Piccy of what you need:

schford · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:41

Thanks guys - would green you but this forum doesnt use them :-)

Dureth · 21 Jan 2007 at 13:57

If your getting Vista then you don't need the floppy any more as it accepts USB and CD based drivers during the install phase.

t31os · 21 Jan 2007 at 14:14

Get the nexus hard drive thingys, they cost less and sit behind the drive panels.

They cost less then a tenner and hold the drive in the 5.25 bay just as if it were in the HDD cage.

Can't link to them as i can't see them on Overclockers......

I think the above suggested is overkill for a little oversight on schford's part, albeit its the only option available buying from OCUK unless i'm just missing the nexus things, Search couldnt find anything Nexus.

EDIT: Here's what i was talking about.