Disk drive support assembly, clamp assembly and disk drive carrier

A disk drive support assembly (1) has a clamp arrangement for releasably clamping a disk drive (12) to a massive block (8). The clamp arrangement may be an inflatable actuator (10) that is operable to clamp the disk drive (12) to the block (8) via a disk drive carrier (2). Various clamp assemblies for clamping a disk drive (12) to a substrate, such as a disk drive carrier (12), are also disclosed. A disk drive carrier (12) that can be adapted for use with different types of disk drive (2) is also disclosed. Such disk drives (2) include those that provide for electrical and/or data connections under the disk drive (2), those that provide for electrical and/or data connections at the rear of the disk drive (2), and those that have their own so-called product card associated therewith.