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Does anyone know how or where I can fix it for cheap? The USB port in the portable harddrive is loose and just rolling around in there..any ideas? All my past and current assignments + pictures are in there =(
If you put the HDD into a new housing, you don't actually lose the contents of the HDD. Meaning your assignments will still be there. Make sure you buy the appropriate housing size depending on your portable harddrive, 3.5'' or 2.5''.
You need to unscrew the outer metal bracket in order to free the hard drive. From the picture, you can see two screws on left left side of the picture. Also unscrew the two on the right.
After you have freed up the harddrive you can either buy a harddrive enclosure at a place like NCIX. Or you can plug the harddrive into your desktop computer if you have one via sata cable and power cable.
It should look like this after you have removed the bracket:
it doesn't require a power source outside of the usb? my WD portable HDD's mini usb broke, and I ended up getting a new replacement board with USB from ebay for 20 bucks
48gb is from my Galaxy S3 promo, but I will still have over 25GB left when that expires in 2014. And I'm sure I can do other things to increase the space by then.
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Originally Posted by BlueG2
it doesn't require a power source outside of the usb? my WD portable HDD's mini usb broke, and I ended up getting a new replacement board with USB from ebay for 20 bucks
This would have been much better
No, 2.5" drives (such as the Seagate Momentus pictured in the original) do not need extra power. USB power is enough. Also, why buy a new USB board when a new case (with the same functionality) is $7?
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Damn, not only is yours veiny AF, yours is thick AF too. Yours is twice as thick as mine.. That looks like a 2" or maybe even 3"?
48gb is from my Galaxy S3 promo, but I will still have over 25GB left when that expires in 2014. And I'm sure I can do other things to increase the space by then.
No, 2.5" drives (such as the Seagate Momentus pictured in the original) do not need extra power. USB power is enough. Also, why buy a new USB board when a new case (with the same functionality) is $7?
I never knew something like that existed... Not even sure if that would work for my HDD.
I never knew something like that existed... Not even sure if that would work for my HDD.
The 2.5'' cases usually come with a board with usb port. So you basically bought the inside component and reused the original case, whereas kiwee just bought a new case and inside component.
The 2.5'' cases usually come with a board with usb port. So you basically bought the inside component and reused the original case, whereas kiwee just bought a new case and inside component.
Then it's a 3.5" drive. The cases for those are still around $15-20, and includes a power source. Still cheaper than buying a replacement USB board and less hassle.
Then it's a 3.5" drive. The cases for those are still around $15-20, and includes a power source. Still cheaper than buying a replacement USB board and less hassle.
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