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HP S01-pF2016 Slim Desktop

I recently purchased an HP S01-pF2016-Slim Desktop.  There appears to be a bay in there for an internal HDD, however I don't see any rails to mount it.  Where can I purchase rails to mount a 3.5" WD drive and which ones do I need?  (That's assuming they are available.)

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Hi @ebeard40515 

 

Welcome to the HP Forum.

 

You should be able to mount: a 3.5 inch HDD drive or a 2.5 inch SATA SSD directly to the drive cage.

 

Upload a drive cage image in your next response if I am way off base. Maybe you do need a HDD cage adapter.

 

Did HP provide any spare screws?

 

This PC may have spare: SATA data and SATA power cables to use the drive.

 

Regards

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Here's three images.  One with a drive laying in the bay.  There is quite a gap when it's pushed to one side.  No screws I've seen would allow that to mount.  Another of just the bay.  The third is a side shot.  It appears there probably a component that would go into the yellow circled areas and release with the green circled switch.  I'm guessing the drive mounts in that piece.  I have HD mounting screws, but nothing from HP.  There is a spare cable on the motherboard for the drive.

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Hi @ebeard40515 

 

Thanks for the images.

 

I was not expecting to see this type of HDD cage. Most recent HP PCs provide mounting points for 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch SDDs/HDDs directly on the drive cage.

 

I don't know what type of HDD adapter would work with your PC's drive cage.

 

Maybe a different Forum member can assist.

 

Regards

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Hi @ebeard40515 

 

I would suggest double sided sticky tape if you were doing a 2.5 inch SSD but this may not be an acceptable work around using a spinning platter HDD.

 

Regards

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