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Hitachi 2TB Touro DX3 Desktop Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - Black 79.99 @eBay eBuyer store

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2 Years manufacturers warranty.

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    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?
    sadsak
    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?


    Yes. I had mine delivered last week and its already in my NAS. There is a tutorial on Youtube showing you how to take the hard drive out of the casing. Be aware though that removing it will likely invalidate your warranty as you will likely snap the clips holding the casing together. I had a bit more success removing mine from its housing than the poster of the video as they seemed to snap most of the clips off the case rendering it unusable (unless they glued it). Although I snapped some clips off I can still use the casing for another hard drive if I wish as it still clips together.
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g
    tmb
    tmb1 year, 3 months ago #3Show comment toolsReply
    I want to do same...why do these work out cheaper than buying an internal drive?
    Plum
    Plum1 year, 3 months ago #4Show comment toolsReply
    sadsak
    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?


    Yes. I had mine delivered last week and its already in my NAS. There is a tutorial on Youtube showing you how to take the hard drive out of the casing. Be aware though that removing it will likely invalidate your warranty as you will likely snap the clips holding the casing together. I had a bit more success removing mine from its housing than the poster of the video as they seemed to snap most of the clips off the case rendering it unusable (unless they glued it). Although I snapped some clips off I can still use the casing for another hard drive if I wish as it still clips together.
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g



    That is the funnies tutorial I have seen. Good to see the insides, but that guy was as cack handed as they come. I especially like the way he called ripping the side off and breaking all the clips a process. :D
    versy
    PRO Version available if you wish to pay a few extra quid for a faster HDD but down to preference, both cheap!
    Bobbajob
    Just a word of warning. I don't know if I was just unlucky, but mine died after 3 days use.

    Returned to eBuyer (collected free) and awaiting a replacement. The return was handled very well.

    Other than that it seemed good while it lasted, plenty quick enough over USB 3.0.
    renderman
    Mine is working great, perfectly silent, just a thin blue light to tell it has power. The USB3 is much much faster in transfer than USB2. I bought this to backup another 2tb drive so have tested them side by side.
    sherlock747
    sadsak
    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?


    Yes. I had mine delivered last week and its already in my NAS. There is a tutorial on Youtube showing you how to take the hard drive out of the casing. Be aware though that removing it will likely invalidate your warranty as you will likely snap the clips holding the casing together. I had a bit more success removing mine from its housing than the poster of the video as they seemed to snap most of the clips off the case rendering it unusable (unless they glued it). Although I snapped some clips off I can still use the casing for another hard drive if I wish as it still clips together.
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g

    What drive was inside?
    jameshayes
    sadsak
    [quote=Ricky]
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g


    Holy crap, that fella is a cowboy butcher if I have ever seen one! He nearly made me cry when he was taking that case apart!
    FTOdude170
    heat added because its a £10er cheaper than the deal i posted! rofl
    snowtiger
    does this have an on/off switch?
    deadphill
    Having ordered two I can confirm there is no other way to do it. They are security clips locking out access to the inside. They were a blooming pig to open too.

    If anyone could have told me how to do it without breaking I would have listened, but after opening them up I fail to see how they could have!

    Cheers

    Phill
    sadsak
    sherlock747
    sadsak
    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?


    Yes. I had mine delivered last week and its already in my NAS. There is a tutorial on Youtube showing you how to take the hard drive out of the casing. Be aware though that removing it will likely invalidate your warranty as you will likely snap the clips holding the casing together. I had a bit more success removing mine from its housing than the poster of the video as they seemed to snap most of the clips off the case rendering it unusable (unless they glued it). Although I snapped some clips off I can still use the casing for another hard drive if I wish as it still clips together.
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g

    What drive was inside?


    The drive inside mine was a Hitachi p/n: 0F12117 s/n: F3212RNH
    Manufactured Date October 2011
    Seems like it's a Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 2 TB - 600 MBps

    Edited By: sadsak on Mar 16, 2012 10:05
    jjlake1
    snowtiger
    does this have an on/off switch?

    No rather annoyingly there is none so have to unplug
    jjlake1
    I'm also getting an error when trying to backup - fail to complete system backup - any ideas why please (windows 7)??
    Tibor
    sadsak
    Ricky
    Could the drive be removed from this and used with a NAS setup?


    Yes. I had mine delivered last week and its already in my NAS. There is a tutorial on Youtube showing you how to take the hard drive out of the casing. Be aware though that removing it will likely invalidate your warranty as you will likely snap the clips holding the casing together. I had a bit more success removing mine from its housing than the poster of the video as they seemed to snap most of the clips off the case rendering it unusable (unless they glued it). Although I snapped some clips off I can still use the casing for another hard drive if I wish as it still clips together.
    Here is the tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morhgz2OU_g

    LOL I think he would have done less damage if he used a power drill and a sledgehammer :D
    FTOdude170
    whats the postage on this? sorry i cant see ebay blocked at work...?
    ill expire my deal below if need be.. so that people only see this one
    sadsak
    FTOdude170
    whats the postage on this? sorry i cant see ebay blocked at work...?
    ill expire my deal below if need be.. so that people only see this one


    It's free standard delivery
    jsquadron
    versy
    PRO Version available if you wish to pay a few extra quid for a faster HDD but down to preference, both cheap!

    I ordered this last week and opened it up. There's a Sata 6 GBps and 7200RPM.
    FTOdude170
    thanks. :-)

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