Super glue removal off a WD external HDD

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I have glued a side of my WD My Passport Essential (it looks like this: http://goo.gl/N7bV4Q ) with super glue (Ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate). A bit of it has dripped on the back of the external HDD. How can I remove it? Can I use acetone? Thanks.
 
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Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. If you reall need to remove it, then I'd suggest using a razor blade or other scraping tool. Using chemicals on your hard drive MIGHT not be the best idea, since metals tend to leach chemicals into themselves and then release them when heated. Releasing any kind of chemical into the inside of the drive, not that it would, but it could be a problem and might affect the drive. I'd just scrape it off or leave it and call it a day.

If that's a plastic enclosure, you certainly don't want to use a harsh chemical like acetone. It will almost certainly eat the plastic.
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Personally, I wouldn't worry about it. If you reall need to remove it, then I'd suggest using a razor blade or other scraping tool. Using chemicals on your hard drive MIGHT not be the best idea, since metals tend to leach chemicals into themselves and then release them when heated. Releasing any kind of chemical into the inside of the drive, not that it would, but it could be a problem and might affect the drive. I'd just scrape it off or leave it and call it a day.

If that's a plastic enclosure, you certainly don't want to use a harsh chemical like acetone. It will almost certainly eat the plastic.
 
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Ok! Thanks a lot! I'm gonna use a knife and clean it!
 
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