Replacing the HD on an external unit

TikiTananga · 09-11-2004, 12:10 PM

Has anyone had any experience swapping the HDD on an external unit? I've got an old 40GB Iomega external HD, and I was thinking about opening it up and dropping in a 120GB drive.

**greffov** · 09-11-2004, 01:41 PM

no experience with it, but you could see if you can open it without molesting it, and if the drive is a normal IDE drive, with normal connectors and stuff... There is of course no guarantee that the thing will work if you put in a new drive, but if it looks like a normal disk, I think you have a decent chance it will work out...

I'd say keep a backup plan in case it doesn't work, like that you can put the new drive in some computer to use it!

Pasty901 · 09-11-2004, 05:56 PM

I have a removable drive, its a bit of a pain to get into but actually swapping the hdd is easy as

09-11-2004, 12:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
TikiTananga Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1	Replacing the HD on an external unit Has anyone had any experience swapping the HDD on an external unit? I've got an old 40GB Iomega external HD, and I was thinking about opening it up and dropping in a 120GB drive.

09-11-2004, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	no experience with it, but you could see if you can open it without molesting it, and if the drive is a normal IDE drive, with normal connectors and stuff... There is of course no guarantee that the thing will work if you put in a new drive, but if it looks like a normal disk, I think you have a decent chance it will work out... I'd say keep a backup plan in case it doesn't work, like that you can put the new drive in some computer to use it! __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

09-11-2004, 05:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pasty901 News Writer! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 785	I have a removable drive, its a bit of a pain to get into but actually swapping the hdd is easy as __________________ "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it."

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