About this tag
Discussions about spare parts on WindowsForum cover sourcing and reusing components like hard drive trays and optical drives. Users share tips on finding replacements for specific cases, such as Fractal Design Core, and debate whether to salvage parts from old computers or build new systems. Practical advice includes checking compatibility when moving drives between machines and dealing with unique front-panel mechanisms. The tag reflects real-world hardware maintenance and upgrade strategies.
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Hard Drive Trays
Mornin all , I don't know if this is the right place ( forum I mean ) , but I have been looking for some pull-out hard drive trays . The Desktop case is a Fractal Design Core , I noticed some on Ebay once . And I thought it would be easy to find some spares again sometime , but I hav'nt been...- NettleWarbler
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- cores ebay fractal design hard drive hardware pc case pull-out spare parts storage tray
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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What do you do with your computer when it cannot run software or it dies?
What Do you do with your computer when it cannot run software or it dies? Do you toss it out or use it for spares or simply upgrade it or build a new one?- Firecracker
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- build computer discard hardware maintenance repair software spare parts troubleshooting upgrade
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Well, there goes my cd drive...
Off all things to make it go bye bye, it would be a Rubik's Cube solution disk lmao Luckily for me, I have a spare drive on hand that I know how to install. However, I'm not completely sure it'll work on this new computer (I took this drive off my old one). I don't see why it wouldn't, but...- BariMutation
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- cd drive computer disk tray drive compatibility front panel hardware installation rubiks cube spare parts troubleshooting
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- Forum: General Computing