Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)?

[email protected] (Ant) Thu, 06 Apr 2023 04:32:13 +0000

Newsgroups	alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage nospam <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Ant
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> > 
> > > I would attempt to remove the drive from its enclosure so that I could
> > > test the drive by itself, just on the possibility that the problem lies
> > > with the enclosure rather than the drive.
> > 
> > What's the best way to open it? I see no screws. :(

> it's held together with clips, but it's not worth it, and depending on
> the drive, you might not find a separate bridge board. some drives have
> a native usb connector on the drive itself.

Well, it is broken/dead then it might be worth to open to destroy its 
disk platter datas. :P
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