Opening up a Western Digital Passport External HDD

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Opening up a Western Digital Passport External HDD

Uploaded by: Matrixvibe
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Tutorial of how to open up a Western Digital Passport 2.5" external hard drive.

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mine also, has the ... ( 5 months ago by sodom69)

mine also, has the scorpio inside and the hd was in some sort of metal case and NO aluminium-paper-stuff.....
and it was sata - as this was not for sure

Thats not SATA. ... ( 4 months ago by rednecksinspace)

Thats not SATA. That's an EIDE connector (about 1000 years old, it existed with SCSI)

im sorry but it is ... ( 4 months ago by Matrixvibe)

im sorry but it is in fact SATA connector, only older 2.5" hdd used IDE. just to let you know im not comepletely new with computer stuff, thanks for the time to comment though

and also if you pay ... ( 4 months ago by Matrixvibe)

and also if you pay attention as i take off the adapter you can tell that there are no pins sticking out compared to a IDE that would have many pins sticking out.

Sorry for the late ... ( 4 months ago by Conradg360)

Sorry for the late reply but yes you can. I put one in my MacBook which use 2.5 HDs so the MacBook Pro should be the same.

and you need ... ( 4 months ago by crysisen)

and you need copyright for this shit lol

thank you. i was ... ( 4 months ago by adkenc)

thank you. i was trying to see if this was sata or ide and amazingly enough this was the only place i found an answer. 320 for $120. i just might go get one today. i can upgrade my laptop and have a nice enclosure too :) thanks again.

Your welcome! Glad ... ( 4 months ago by Matrixvibe)

Your welcome! Glad i could help ya out. thanks again for watching!

just got a 320 gig ... ( 3 months ago by memorex9998887)

just got a 320 gig wd passport elite for 178$

what song did u use ... ( 3 months ago by azn310)

what song did u use for ur background music man?
sounds very familiar

Walk it out ... ( 3 months ago by davitbui)

Walk it out Instrumental. google it and put zshare at the end.

Interesting. ... ( 3 months ago by Ejrech64)

Interesting. Didn't expect it to be so simple inside. (I have an old 160GB model. ;) Any idea if it's the SATA-to-USB adapter that allows WD Passports to be USB-powered, or is it the HDD itself that's made specifically for that purpose?
I'd love to be able to slap adapters on other 2.5" drives and make them USB-powered.
Too bad it's probably not possible for the larger 3.5" drives, which I'm assuming draw more power than USB outputs.
Just entertaining some hopeful speculation. =]

It's the HDD itself ... ( 2 months ago by uN1Qu3DZ)

It's the HDD itself. All 2.5" HDDs operate on +5v only, so the USB plug can supply the necessary power. You can slap any notebook HDD in.
You are correct with this not working on 3.5" drives, they will need a different type of adaptor and a separate +5v/+12v power supply.

Thanks a lot for ... ( 2 months ago by uN1Qu3DZ)

Thanks a lot for the tutorial. A friend came by with a 60GB Passport and i happened to need to mess around with my older laptop's 30GB HDD, i wanted to do a full backup and slap a HDD-based tweaked installer of XP on it, as this laptop has a 2nd battery instead of a cdrom drive.
Came at exactly the right time, this Passport was IDE like my notebook's HDD, so now it's up, running and making the backup. :)

He's right, 3.5" ... ( 2 months ago by Matrixvibe)

He's right, 3.5" hard drives run on 12v which requires an external power source

a question so this ... ( 2 months ago by ecklip)

a question so this HDD is sata or IDE? might as well get 1 for my ps3 if it's SATA

it is SATA, thats ... ( 2 months ago by Matrixvibe)

it is SATA, thats why people have been getting it because you can probably get this drive cheaper than buying just a hard drive. If you check out my tutorial on removing a replacing a hdd on a sony vgn-s470p laptop, i swaped the old broken hard drive with the WD passport 120gb and loaded xp on it.

I have the most ... ( 2 months ago by supercanardo)

I have the most recent version, slightly different shape - looks a bit more like a little book. I'm looking for a video showing how to open it up because I haven't managed to do it yet... Only the largest side is willing to open up a bit using my nails, but not the sides. Any advices?

So like all I have ... ( 1 month ago by rihat10)

So like all I have to do is do what you did and I can put it into my PS3? Right? RIGHT?!

why should i do ... ( 1 month ago by Messerschmitt262a2a)

why should i do this?

You can buy drives ... ( 1 month ago by Relic350)

You can buy drives cheaper already out of a case at staples.

I know but I ... ( 1 week ago by rihat10)

I know but I already have one of these. 120 GB. So is it possible? Can I do it?

yes you can ( 2 days ago by Matrixvibe)

yes you can

Thanks! ( 1 day ago by rihat10)

Thanks!

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