Satellite P500-12D adding 2nd HDD

Toshiba UK say it is not possible to install a second drive into a P500-12D.
The reason seems to be that the "tin plate" drive carrier for the second drive is not sold.
I was also told that the second drive bay couldn't be used "on your model" but the sata connection is there and the brass threaded inserts in the case for the carrier screes are present.
The drive bay is deeper than the 1st bay (for the thicker >500gb drives and therefore the drive carrier for the 1st bay cannot be used - the whole centres are also different.
Any ideas for a work around ?
sorry for any spelling mistakes - my original post wouldn't be accepted "Your message contains profanity or inappropriate language.
In the interests of your fellow forum users, we would ask you to amend your message.
" but no indication of where. It may be that the things that go in threaded inserts are banned
Peter K

>The reason seems to be that the "tin plate" drive carrier for the second drive is not sold.
The reason is that there are different P500 hardware configurations
The P500 and other Toshiba notebooks series are equipped with different motherboards.
Not all motherboards support 2 HDD controllers.
This can be a little bit confusing for someone who buy an notebook and see the second HDD bay but if you would remove the cover from the 2nd HDD bay, then you will see that there is no HDD connector.
This would mean that you will not be able to use second HDD.

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