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

On Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:32:13 +1000, Ant <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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

No need given that its encrypted, but if you still want to do it anyway,
you use a spudger in the join of the two halves of the case to pop
it open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pen57kOJTx0