How To Mount 2.5 drive into 3.5 inch bays ?

[Zaman786Ahmad]

so i have two 2.5 inch drives lay around and was wondering can i mount them into my 3.5 inch bays without an adapter?
What DIY methods are they ? will sticking it to somthing be fine ,but would shock pretty much ruin the HDD ?

thanks !

 

[enemy1g]

Are you planning on using (slow) laptop hard drives in a desktop PC?

Regardless, you can mount your drives however you please. I've seen some do it with zip ties, and tie it to anywhere it would look good, or stay. And personally, for a few of my computers, I've just let it sit in the larger bay as I have no plans on moving the drive.

 

[lucasz]

Get some double sided tape and stick it anywhere you want

 

[USAFRet]

I have (in the wifes PC) a 2.5" drive living in a 3.5" bay, suspended with criss-crossed wire ties. It has been there for 18 months, 24/7 use.
I've also had drives (2.5" or 3.5") simply resting in the bottom of the case.
Or sticky Velcro might work.

As long as it isn't bounced around, I see no real problem.

 

[Zaman786Ahmad]

Are you planning on using (slow) laptop hard drives in a desktop PC?

Regardless, you can mount your drives however you please. I've seen some do it with zip ties, and tie it to anywhere it would look good, or stay. And personally, for a few of my computers, I've just let it sit in the larger bay as I have no plans on moving the drive.

is there a link to the zip tie idea ? i have way to many zip ties

 

[enemy1g]

I'm sure there are links on the internet, but for my most recent rig, I just played around with placement locations and ended up tying it to the metal backplate around where the hard drives usually are.

 

[d1rtydeedz]

Gum.

 

[USAFRet]

Are you planning on using (slow) laptop hard drives in a desktop PC?

Regardless, you can mount your drives however you please. I've seen some do it with zip ties, and tie it to anywhere it would look good, or stay. And personally, for a few of my computers, I've just let it sit in the larger bay as I have no plans on moving the drive.

is there a link to the zip tie idea ? i have way to many zip ties

If I can, I'll get a pic. Hang on.

 

[USAFRet]

Here. Seriously, it's just under and over, and through the regular mount holes.

 

[Zaman786Ahmad]

Here. Seriously, it's just under and over, and through the regular mount holes.

i move my case alot so im guessing the zip ties wont work il have a try later and see what i can do , my case has 1 2.5 drive but i cant find it .....lol

 

[USAFRet]

i move my case alot so im guessing the zip ties wont work il have a try later and see what i can do , my case has 1 2.5 drive but i cant find it .....lol

Actually, mounted like that seems to be pretty stable.
Sorry for the dark pic. The wife was looking at me like 'WTF are you doing'?

 

[Zaman786Ahmad]

i move my case alot so im guessing the zip ties wont work il have a try later and see what i can do , my case has 1 2.5 drive but i cant find it .....lol

Actually, mounted like that seems to be pretty stable.
Sorry for the dark pic. The wife was looking at me like 'WTF are you doing'?

lol thanks for the pic. il try tomorrow and sort out the rest of my case fans swell as the HDD's and let you know if it works well