Can you swap the HDD on WD MyBook Essentials?
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- Sep 7, 2013
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You'll more than likely come up against the problem that the proprietary interface connector inside your MyBook won't match the standard interface of your internal hard drive, apart from the risk of wrecking the MyBook enclosure in your attempts to get inside it.
Much better to leave your MyBook alone and buy a third-party enclosure since they are relatively cheap to buy - much cheaper than having to replace your MyBook if you damage it.
Much better to leave your MyBook alone and buy a third-party enclosure since they are relatively cheap to buy - much cheaper than having to replace your MyBook if you damage it.
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I don't think it has a proprietary connector, as I watched multiple videos about the same external HDD as I have, it's a SATA connector. I guess you might be right, I think I should just get a enclosure instead. But in my case, would it really work?
The connector on the circuit board isn't proprietary, it's a standard 3.5 connection, the board attaches with 2 screws, easy to remove and swap a different drive.
If you took the original drive out and want to replace it with a different drive, you have to install the WES driver and then download and run the Windows quick formatter program from Western Digital.
There might be another way such as a few of the linux boot cd partition tools like gparted, but this is the easiest way.
I found the My book 2tb drives on close out at Staples for $41, bought 4 of them just to steal the drives for other purposes and I'm now using the Western Digital cases for extra storage with s few old 500 and 300 Gb drives I had laying around.
My only mistake was that I wished I bought all they had, as you can't find a new Western Digital 2 Gb green drive for $41!!!
If you took the original drive out and want to replace it with a different drive, you have to install the WES driver and then download and run the Windows quick formatter program from Western Digital.
There might be another way such as a few of the linux boot cd partition tools like gparted, but this is the easiest way.
I found the My book 2tb drives on close out at Staples for $41, bought 4 of them just to steal the drives for other purposes and I'm now using the Western Digital cases for extra storage with s few old 500 and 300 Gb drives I had laying around.
My only mistake was that I wished I bought all they had, as you can't find a new Western Digital 2 Gb green drive for $41!!!
- Mar 21, 2012
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Wasn't expecting someone to reply my thread for 5 months, but thanks for the answer, maybe buying an enclosure is worth for hassle of taking everything out and install the drive. Wow, WD My Book 2TB for $41?! Did you see this on your local staples, or online? Damn if I were you, I would probably buy a heck of them to build my future NAS.
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