Mounting apparatus for data storage device

A mounting apparatus for least one data storage devices, the mounting apparatus comprising:

• a front panel defining at least one opening therein,
• at least one drive bracket adapted for receiving the at least one data storage device therein, and comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, and a side panel, the at least one drive bracket defining a slit and a catch opening in at least one of the top and bottom panels;
• and a cover detachably attached to the front panel, the cover comprising a hook corresponding to the slit and a clasp corresponding to the catch opening;
• wherein when the clasp is engaged in the catch opening, the cover is resiliently pushed toward the front panel to thereby cause the hook to be engagingly received in the slit.

A mounting apparatus assembly comprising:

• a panel defining a rectangular opening with a plurality of protrusions located on a periphery of said opening;
• a U-shaped drive bracket located behind said opening in a face-to-face linearly assembling way with latching devices releasably engaged with the corresponding protrusions, respectively;
• a cover pivotally detachably fixed to both said drive bracket and said panel;
• said cover cooperating with said drive bracket to define a surrounded space;
• and
• a data storage device compliantly received in said space;
• wherein
• interlocking means formed on both said data storage device and said cover to retain said data storage device in said space without movement in a front-to-back direction.