On Jul 21, 2014 8:27 AM, "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > > This is very off topic but, I have no idea where else to ask. We obtained > some used Leveno CTO7483 desktop units for experimentation. I had intended to > install CentOS-7 on one of them. As they arrived with a vendor upgraded > Windows 7ProSP1 install without media I decided to pull the disk drive and > install onto a spare drive that I installed. > > Those of you with any experience with this model computer or its family can > tell where this is going. > > Basically, the disk drive module for these things is disposable. The HDD is > enclosed in a removable caddy but is welded to it. You can only replace the > HDD with a pre-mounted HDD in yet another caddy, which item is available only > from Leveno. > > My question is: Does anyone here know of a source for an after-market caddy > that fits these machines ad which allows one to install a standard low profile > 3.5 inch SATA HDD? My google-fu has failed in my attempts, but that may > becuse I have no idea how to phrase a search for this situation. > I have no direct experience with this machine but have found that a wide piece of Velcro will work well sometimes.