Fitting a HDD into a FDD spot?

WaLLLY · 18th April 2005, 1:51 PM

How do i go ahead putting a hdd in a fdd spot? Does it just fit in easy peasy? or do i have to get certain brackets? Also is it safe? like since it isnt made for a HDD? Unfortunately I do not have a spare HDD to try this, and moving mine in/out would be painful.

So yer, thanks guys, and any help is appreciated

squaredcorp · 18th April 2005, 1:53 PM

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Does it just fit in easy peasy?

Yes, Will fit easy peasy...

They are the same width...

Cheers

WaLLLY · 18th April 2005, 2:01 PM

THanks, so does that mean the holes on the hdd fit the holes on the fdd cage?

dru16 · 18th April 2005, 2:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WaLLLY

THanks, so does that mean the holes on the hdd fit the holes on the fdd cage?

same holes, plus the fdd cage should have multiply holes anyways

Dru

terrabyte · 18th April 2005, 2:06 PM

Take an average case with 4 3.5" drive bays, 2 will have mounting holes for hdd's only and the other 2 will have dual hdd/fdd mounting holes.

So hdd's fit fine, in any 3.5" bay (usually).

OsiC · 20th April 2005, 11:03 PM

normaly the spaces for HDD and FDD are the same, the only differnce is that the floppy drive needs to be accesable from the outside of the case. I have put a HDD in a external drive bay before and a floppy into an internal drive bay, so they are fully compadable, just try to put the cover back onto the external drive bay so you dont have a hole in the front of the case, althogh it doesnt realy matter

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18th April 2005, 2:01 PM	#3
WaLLLY Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Campbelltown Posts: 7,140	THanks, so does that mean the holes on the hdd fit the holes on the fdd cage? __________________ *PC:* Intel Q6600 \| Gigabyte P35-DS3P \| EVGA GTX280 SC\| 4.0gb 800mhz \| Coolermaster 690 /w \| 226BW LCD \| *TOTAL 7.0 TB* Trades: Sureshot, Mr Sti, spawn154, karnage112, Will S, Bastard Child, Coil \| www.hachiroku.com.au \| HR Army \| 日本語出血パンダ! \|

20th April 2005, 11:03 PM	#6
OsiC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Central Coast Posts: 506	normaly the spaces for HDD and FDD are the same, the only differnce is that the floppy drive needs to be accesable from the outside of the case. I have put a HDD in a external drive bay before and a floppy into an internal drive bay, so they are fully compadable, just try to put the cover back onto the external drive bay so you dont have a hole in the front of the case, althogh it doesnt realy matter __________________ Project: Desktop fighterstick