vilasman

I have a maxtor one touch external hard drive, which of course has failed. Has anybody gutted one of these and put another hard drive in the case?

star882

Not that particular one, but pretty much every enclosure allows for hard drive replacement.
Just beware of possible heat issues.

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spud42

biggest problem is not can i replace the drive but is how can i get the damn thing open!!! without damaging it too much... lol some have screws and are easy. others seem glued together.

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vilasman

Now that I only have 1 computer to play with instead of 2 I'll take getting the case open as a challenge

vilasman

I can say without reserve that you can get into a maxtor one touch case without destroying it.I can explain how if anyone is interested

spud42

good one, what drive is inside? an ide or a sata ?

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vilasman

I think it is SATA but how would I tell
i see ATA number on it
well to be exact
200GB PATA 133 HDD

spud42

that means its an IDE hard drive. its what we called PATA before SATA came out. P for parallel.. S for serial. therfore easy to tell the diff..PATA has about 44 contacts inc power in a 2.5" form factor. SATA has 2 plugs 1 power 1 serial....

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