Seagate External Expansion Drive Teardown

How to Turn a Seagate External Expansion drive into an Internal 2.5" HDD. Helps Save a few bucks!

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[eyesnb]

just some note for opening up this 2.5 HDD, the 3TB version and up are double drive, it's about 2X thicker than the normal 2.5 HDD Slot. So it's best to get the 2TB version if you're replacing it with the HDD on your laptop.

[CMPERNB]

Thanks, wanted to know if there is a regular SATA-drive inside if i break the USB-Port. Helped me a lot!

[makaras]

Love it - straight to the point. Thanks from London, England

[Vntilator]

A Seagate HDD doesen't always break first. Sometimes it's only the HDD controller inside box or PSU. Same for 3.5" versions.
This is why you can just take HDD out and try it on any other HDD controller to be sure.
Edit: In my case right now, HDD Controller broke in this casing in the video. HDD works fine on a different controller.

[oneminuteenglishlesson]

I've got several Seagate drives that have either stopped working or work intermittently. Thanks to your video, I'm going to do some research and see if I can make them operable again. I did not drop any of them, so it's a mystery to me at the moment. Thanks!

[ultraali]

1:11 Why would you not be able to go back to using it as an external drive again?

[Anonymous-bkeq]

yes thank u been looking for this, all the WD ones seems not to have a controller board u can remove its all built in

[etv]

Many people ask if an hard drive can be used in an upside down position and this really proof that it can be used in that position.

[wesleytan]

It’s recommended that you do this after the warranty is up.
(My Seagate drive’s warranty expired before I disassembled it…)

[LuBot.]

just was wondering if those are regular hard drives with an adapter to usb, now i know ! thanks

[seenuhello]

Some say the hard disks used in external drives aren't suitable for laptop/desktop use. They say these drives are designed for sequential reading/writing, and not for the fast random reading/writing required in computers. Additionally, since people tend to use external drives only for short periods of time, these drives are designed for such light use. When used in a computer, they are made to run for hours at a time, , and they quickly wear out.

[skideric]

Yup, prob get a couple 2TB ones for my X300 DeskMini Build! Thanks for the Teardown!

[tdm]

Nice to know!! I might do this for my 1TB seagate drive thanks for doing the daring💯

[shinjiikarir]

Thank you so much! I barely used it and was running out of space on my desktop pc!

[islammostafaaliali]

I have hp omen 15 1 tera hdd so i wonder if can buy a 4tb external hard drive and disassemble it and replace it with the 1 tera hdd of my laptop!? I hope u to see this comment

[dontgiveup]

This open hdd can be use by laptop internal hdd ....

[JuanCarlos-onpj]

Hi, thanks for the video and sharing your expertise. I was wondering if the HDD could be replace by a unit bigger in the same box. I mean, do you think it would work?. Thanks

[Random-jctp]

Please when did you buy this? And if you still have the external cover, could you please share the details on the label? Its 0:33 in the video but unfortunately unreadable. Thanks a lot.

[robertadrianwayne]

So practically you can use that adaptor to make any regular HDD a portable one, right ?

[taikhum.]

Hello,
Can we put back the top cover of the the external drive back on or are the clips broken and usable?
Thanks.