Installing Hard Disk Drives

Even though the HDD cage and the 5 ¼” to 3 ½” adaptor are fastened to the case using a screwless mechanism you will need to use screws to install the hard disk drives to the cage or adaptor. Let’s see how to install a hard disk drive to a cage.

First you need to place the hard disk drive inside the cage (Figure 15). Then you need to match the holes present on the hard disk drive with the holes present on the cage (Figure 16). Then go ahead and screw the hard disk drive to the cage, using thick thread screws (preferably using four screws).

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Figure 15: Installing a hard disk drive to the HDD cage.

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Figure 16: Matching the holes.

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Figure 17: Screwing the hard disk drive to the cage.

You can also install one hard disk drive to the 5 ¼” to 3 ½” adaptor that comes with the product. If you install a hard disk drive using this adaptor you can’t have a floppy disk drive, though. After you put the hard disk drive in the adaptor, you need to move it until the holes on the bottom of the hard disk drive match the holes present on the bottom of the adaptor. Then screw the hard disk drive to the adaptor using four thick thread screws.

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Figure 18: 5 ¼” to 3 ½” adaptor.

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Figure 19: Installing a hard disk drive to the adaptor.

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Figure 20: Matching the holes.

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