taking an external drive apart

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TLobe00

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I got one of the 500GB WD Elements External HDs (from the HotDeals thread) and wanted to use the HDD in my tower and put a smaller drive in the case for my wife.

Question is, how do I open the case? I read something about taking the bottom of it off, but I can't see how that is done.

Thanks for any help!
Tony
 
http://www.gearhack.com/myink/ViewP...ital Elements External Hard Drive Disassembly

edit: and FYI

Is the Internal Hard Drive Replaceable?
The question is whether it's possible to replace the drive inside the case with another SATA drive. We might want to do this when the 2TB drive eventually fails. Or maybe we simply want to use the 2TB drive somewhere else and swap a different SATA drive into this case.

The answer is no. I tried a 1.5 TB drive, a 750 GB drive, and a 500 GB drive in the case. None of these drive work. If I try to do anything with the drive in Disk Management, it would say access denied. If you are able to get any other drive to work, please let us know.
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hmmm, I'll have to see what I can do once I get it apart... I miss the old days of externals that could be pulled and switched.
 
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