Take Drive Out of Case: Any idea if it is easy to crack open the case and remove the drive?
919649
It's not so hard to remove the drive as Dante suggests. However, inerting the blade or screwdriver here and there will mark the case enough to prevent returns. Once inside the base, it can be removed and that allows you to crack the main case. Not much chance of getting it back unmarked though. Then you get the drive out. it is encased in a tin box. The rubber "feet" are actually screws. Remove them and you can probably get the drive out with the tinwork intact. Dunno. I had gone too far at that stage. Anyway, the drive is now running as an SATA drive in my mac, and since the box is USB 2, who cares if it does not work any more? Overall, the drive is probably less bought at a discount store than one bought at trade price as a bare drive. The difference is the warranty. The markings on the drive say clearly it is an OEM drive and has to be returned to the OEMer. HTH
850392
Nothing. Make sure power is off. You will need to open then case. Make sure you are well grounded. This drives have screws holding them in place on the side. Remove those. Disconnect power supply cable and sata cable from old drive. Remove old drive. The put back together by working backwards. The computers should automatically recognize the drive. hope this helps.
1308329
I would not recommend, trying to remove the case. That is how, my old case got broken.
4655
I did, very easy. You do want the mini screwdriver if you don't have it. I did not buy a formatted disk so Apple Genius helped me with that part.
407935
There are four very small phillips head screws, two on each side of the enclosure (silver colored portion) that need to be removed to open the case. Once the four screws are removed, gently lift the top (black portion with "SABRENT painted on it) off from one end. It may require some gentle leverage (plastic knife etc) the first time.
2036632
No, but taking it apart is fairly simple. It is a bunch of screws, but it's just a matter of unscrewing them and pulling the back off. That provides access to RAM, hard drive, wireless card, msata slot, and most everything else.
1525396
It's not hard to remove. It's just a matter of prying out the corners with your finger nails. If I want to remove the case, I usually pry out the left or the right side, and then pull of the case. This probably will reduce the life of the case (possibly crack eventually), as it is not meant to be removed so often, just an FYI.
1932772
I removed the cover today on mine to replace the HDD with an SSD and add another mSATA. BE FOREWARNED: To remove the case you have to break a "Warranty Void" sticker. Once inside you will find *nothing* can be upgraded replaced without having to completely disassemble the system; I decided to not attempt it. I've been building/upgrading systems for 20 years and the internal design of this system was complex enough to scare me off. The only thing that appears to accessible is the HDD but I could figure out how it was mounted and wasn;tabout to tinker about and make a $2K paperweight :)
1328276
I'm going to take a stab and say the expansion allows you to easily open up the casing and replace the drive with another once the initial hard drive is filled? I've been searching all over and can't figure it out myself.
2219650
The four tabbed plates on the front can be removed for drive installation. I hope this helps. I love this case. Plenty of room.
1925910
I'm not a computer person, but I don't think so. Using the encaser just creates a box for your old internal hard drive and turns it into external hard drive. All your personal files are there and easy to retrieve, but there are no programs that I can see.
1609298
The packaging is somewhat frustrating but how it is packaged is to keep the flash drive in place. You can either use scissors to cut the package or just tear it open , holding it and bend it down. pretty easy. lift the plastic up and out it comes.
65841
The hard drive is in a very attractive small metal case that measures about 4 in x 2 in x 1/2 in thick. It is not removable from the case.
1662454
It would take a lot of force for it to come out of the case I would imagine. I actually have a tough time removing it, which is nice.
626769
Taking the case off is rather easy. It's as easy as putting it on. Hope that helps.
1163841
You have to take it out of the case. The case doesn't open all the way out, there are little hinge straps that only let it open so far.
1585353
Yes, but it involves a bit of work. I realized the same issue as well when it came time to eject.What worked for me was removing the swing arm with a Torx (star-shaped) screwdriver. From there you can see an opening on the case near the pins. Press gently on the drive and the drive will pop out nice and easy from there. Now when I copy drives, I make sure to leave the arm off. Good luck, hope this helps!