Can the case be opened up to swap out the drive when the included drive fills up?
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Not easily, if at all. There are no visible screws (there may be some hidden underneath the foot pads) and the only visible seam runs around the top edge. It would be lovely to be able to pop in a SSD but @ 7200 RPM it's a great little drive for the price.
1464573
Why would you want to do that ? How about deleting old files on the drive instead ?
1464574
Under the sticker on the bottom there is a screw. I've replaced it with an SSD and it works fine. Quite a bit better in heat transfer now too as I added some heat transfer tape on topHowever this is not something to do regularly unless your handy
1609634
You can do that but the drive rebuilding process takes a long time and this unit isn't hot-swappalbe so you would have to shut down and open the case. You can attach external drives and back up files to them.
2275023
There is a slide switch inside to change to big drive which is joing them to one large drive
1814710
I was able to use the caddy that was already in the computer. It didn't look like it initially, but it can be separated from the old drive.
317556
Any standard drive will work, the case comes with a face plate for the drive that makes it flush with the front.
2045775
There is no magic here. There is a 3.5" SATA HDD inside the case. If you do a web search on 'teardown ST3000DM001' (or whatever model you choose) you can get instructions how to pull out the drive so you can install it inside any system. These are always cheaper than bare drives. Go figure. Of course you are likely to void your warranty in the process.
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It is very easy to open the case, but it will not close again when a hard drive is inside. The unit is to small to fit the drive and the conversion hardware. Buying the one with the screws means more work to open, but infinitely more satisfaction.
1985187
no room for HDD because existing one stands on end. I do not know how much room optical drive takes.
251149
Yes you should be able to do this using something like Clonezilla or Accronis I believe. However, if you are cloning your main drive to the external, you will not be able to use it during that time of course.
120672
A case wasn't included with the drive, so I pack it in an old zippered case purchased for another item I purchased a few years ago. I'm sure you can find something appropriate. Jim
682539
There are three bays in front. The top one has the DVD. The bottom one has the Hard Drive. The middle one is open, but maybe the hard drive could go somewhere else. I don't know, I don't want to open up the case at the moment. But you have one without any modifications.
300349
No the drive is completely enclosed, but you should check to see if your unit is EIDE (ATA) or SATA (serial ATA) adapters are available should you need one.
402310
The face place comes off and the drives can be changed. As far as increasing the capacity, I believe you can but I'm not positive
1897498
Not 100% sure but I can only get my 1TB inside the case so anything slightly larger would be no.
1054715
Yes and No...Yes; only if the external drive is a "bare drive" (not in an enclosure)...No; if the hard drive is enclosed in a case.
192710
It is quite simple when you get the hang of it. Attach the rails without screws to the drive and then slip them in the drive slots. To remove the drive, squeeze the ends of the rails toward the drive and pull the drive out. My case has room for 5 drives.
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Yes, according to the manufacturer you can replace any drive at any time. Just be cautious if you use raid, you will need to be able to "split" you capacity in half so it is best to have a balanced distribution of drive capacity.