Opening external hard drive

[Sophie83]

I had one of these

I've been following videos like this on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIs3Pz15OFU
 how to open my external harddrive.



i managed to get it out and install it in my pc. I just wondered how many other people have turned their external to an internal drive.

Unfortunately for me this drive has some errors on it so only using it as a -third-tier backup

[WaveFunction34]

Unfortunately yes I have loads. I may try to do the same.

[Myles]

Great idea. I lost the cable for mine

[QuantumKnight]

Opened it very carefully. I'm guessing there is no putting it back in the cage once its opened

[BlackMamba]

Yes destroyed the outer case. But it was fun project and worth doing. I recommend it

[RustyHawk]

That is genuinely helpful, cheers. Appreciate the detail.

I always check startup items and background processes first.

[Dom9]

There is something else going on in it I think. I like threads like this because people come at the same thing from different angles.

Glad this came up.

[NatureBoy86]

Pretty much where I landed after trying a few things. Usually the issue is software and not hardware even when it feels like hardware.

Happy to help further if you get stuck.

[Teal Sparrow]

Yes destroyed the outer case. But it was fun project and worth doing. I recommend it

Bit fiddly but that is the right approach. Good luck with it.

[codeberg]

That checks out from what I have seen. The fastest fix is often just checking what is running in the background and killing half of it.

That is the sensible starting point.

[JohnyBlue]

I tried that and hit a problem at the second stage. Rushing the drying or setting time is where most jobs go wrong.

Good luck with it.