The drive "died". Rather than buy a whole new one I'd like to open it up and replace the drive only. Is this possible and if s
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daswilhelm
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just get a new external. maxtor makes a low quality product. i wouldnt want to trust an enclousure that one drive has already died in.
daswilhelm
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i wouldnt necessarily say this is practiced at a vast expense. you can just throw another drive into an external enclosure. he's not talking about replacing platters or the like.
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1. You're not really saving any money. A new external is not that much more than just a bare drive.
2. Some of those external cases are notoriously hard to get apart without breaking some little clips
3. It may have died because of the board in the case, not just the drive itself. Putting in a new drive may get that one killed as well.
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