I also recently bought a Compaq and had the same thoughts as you.  Then I
took the front cover off for some other reason and saw two complete sets of
extra screws threaded into the front of the chasis near the power indicator!

At 07:47 PM 1/9/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> 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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