Opening WD MyBook

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Farva

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So I have a 1TB MyBook Essentials that I would like to put in my desktop instead of having it as an external device. I tried searching on how to open it up, but I was not successful in doing so. The two other threads that discussed this seemed to have disappeared since the upgrades.

So how do you open this thing up?
 
What do you mean by "open up"?

Don't know of any shortcuts to desktop for a drive
 
What I mean is, crack open the case so I can take the drive out and put it in my desktop instead of having it as an external drive.
 
A light touch with a small screwdriver will open up that baby. Just kind of pry it open and unlock the tabs holding the plastic unit together. Don't force anything.

Just tried to find a tutorial on another site for doing this but can't find it now.
 
After my bad experience with a Mybook World edition, I vote that you use a hammer to open it up. Preferably a great big hammer!;)

BTW, I returned the Mybook and bought a Hammer Myshare instead!

Don
 
I took the drive out already. Here are the pics on how to do it for a MyBook Essentials.

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For some reason I cannot view 4 of the 6 pictures. If anyone else has this problem let me know.
 
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