There are often extra screws and the plastic brackets inside the case, often
clipped to the inside of the front faceplate.
My only other suggestion would be to go to the HP website to order more. Not
sure what the heck they are called though. Go to the parts list for your
machine model and browse all parts.
jerome

>
>  I have a recent Compaq and a HP desktop that I'd like to add additional
> hard drives to. I opened them up and I see the hard drives have
> some kind of
> big headed screws that attach to the side of the drives in the regular way
> but they slide into channels and lock in place with a plastic
> bracket. If I
> had some of those "big headed screws" it would be a snap but I
> can't seem to
> find anywhere where I can buy any. Anybody know what they might
> be called or
> where I could send for some?      Thanks.
>

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