Can the case be opened to access the drive itself, without breaking the case?
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I looked at mine closely for you... I see no user friendly screws... it looks like the case is a high gloss tight fit snap together assembly surrounding what is most likely going to be an internal metal frame housing. I'm very happy with my 3TB WD Ext. Hard Drive. Take care - Jeremy in TX www.MyMailBoxFreedom.com and www.JTR3665.com
293261
Not 100% sure, I didn't look to see if it could but upon first glance I don't think it will be easy to open. I don't remember seeing any way that was obvious to get that case open. I am out of state right now and won't be able to look at it for another two weeks. If you want I can let you know then.
868358
Well, you will prob have to take it to your local computer repair place and have them do it. You can only open the small back compartment. Hope my answer is good!
1858311
I haven't tried to do that, but there is an opening on the back of the case that would seem to allow you to do it.
1893393
find the opening spaces and open those, then you can pop the case open. It is a bit frustrating at first, because you feel as though you may break it, but you won't.
2253967
No! You only open the lateral slot and connect the hard drive! The rest he do it itself
1936298
yes it can be and a lot of times if your operating system crashes you can put the hard drive in an external case and save a lot of your data
1041672
you can remove the dvd drive and put a hdd caddy. I did it without problem.
2115239
This is an open case. Just add hdd's power supply usb hdd external connectors and you are off to the races. Mine works great.
2256920
I have never attempted to open one of them but they should be replaceableremember this is a mirrored version so you have to be very careful when you're about to replace the drive. you could easily wipe the good drive with blank data
530024
Yes you can. The case is larger than the device so there's room to reach the button on top without opening it :))
1219330
There is one open slot immediately available under the access cover. You only need to remove one screw to open it. The manual doesn't indicate if there is another open slot under the case.
524228
It is not designed to be opened. With the right tools it may be possible to open and reassemble.
195136
Yes and yes. That is what the usb (USM) drive slot is for in the front of the case- to do just that with an external drive without having to open up the case...
420120
You could try that out (as I haven't). But I would use one of the computer's USB connectors to access the docked hard drive.
1183181
As long as it is a SATA and not EIDE drive you can use this case. If you are not going to use the drive any longer you can also remove it from the enclosure and directly plug into mainboard on your computer to try a recovery.
487290
Yes, you open individual drives. Another words, they come up on the desk top separately. I'm not sure what you mean by your next question. But I if it's what I think you mean, yes.
977621
The only obvious opening into the case is the battery compartment. I did not see any ports within aside from battery connector. It's always possible that it's hackable if you want to open up the entire unit. I don't feel like opening completely in case I break something.