How to disassemble a hard drive

[sarek143]

Hello,how would I dissemble a western digital hard drive model WD500AKS?

 

[WyomingKnott]

That depends. If you ever want it to work again, DON'T.

Are you curious about what's inside, or has the disk malfuctioned? In the latter case, post details and the members will walk you through various diagnostics. In the former case, just unscrew every screw that you see. You will need at least one Torx driver: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx