Turn external drive to internal?

Psittac · Nov 3, 2012

I hate my friends external western digital 1TB hard drive and theres a huge part of me that wants to rip it out and make it an internal drive.

Is this possible and if so will he lose any data?

SMOKEU · Nov 3, 2012

Most external drives are just a normal internal SATA desktop drive with a cover and a USB connector. It should fit straight into an ordinary computer and I don't see why you would lose any data.

Psittac · Nov 3, 2012

SMOKEU said:
Most external drives are just a normal internal SATA desktop drive with a cover and a USB connector. It should fit straight into an ordinary computer and I don't see why you would lose any data.

ok thanks I kinda suspected that since I've got an external case that's meant to have a laptop drive stuck in it that I never used

just wasn't sure if the ones you buy as an external had some kind of controller or anything, didn't want to get it open and go...... uhhhhh sorry dude your hdd and/or data are toast.

shant · Nov 3, 2012

if its one of those my passport drives then the new versions of those drives have the usb integrated on the pcb of the hard drive itself to save space,it doesn't have a sata port

Psittac · Nov 11, 2012

it's a wd10000h1u-00

the drive doesn't even recognize anymore so I might try and hook it up internal to see if the data can be recovered.

One option right now is get him an internal drive then backup the external (after taking out of case) then return it to the external case.

Is it possible to hook it back up as an external after this? or does the case get broken in the process?

Automata · Nov 11, 2012

If you are careful in taking it apart, you should be able to re-assemble it. The warranty is invalid once you open it, though.

Psittac · Nov 11, 2012

thideras said:
If you are careful in taking it apart, you should be able to re-assemble it. The warranty is invalid once you open it, though.

awesome thanks, i'm pretty sure it's old enough to not have a warranty anymore.

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