I am possibly in the market for an external hard drive but I want to know if anyone has dared open up a Western Digital My Book before. What I want to know is: Are the hard drives the same? Would it be possible to switch an existing hard drive with the one that comes stock in the external hard drive? My primary reason for this question is I would like to purchase the 250 gig external... and place one of my 160's in it instead... and use the 250 for my primary... I know that may be obsurd for some of you... but I'm just wanting to know if it can be done. Or if they are completely different all together. Thank you, any feedback is appreciated.
y dnt u just buy a 250gb drive and a buy a cool external enclosure with leds and stuff 4 ure 160gb hd ure gonna save 50bucks or more
Not a bad idea.... I'm really not sure what I'm gonna do yet... I was just asking for my own curiosity more so than anything.. I have never owned an external hard drive so as far as the internals of one.. I am completely naive I have always assumed that they had standard hard drives inside, but when I was looking at one at the store tonight I noticed that the usb plug and power plug was on the side instead of the end.... So I started to wonder if maybe they were a little different than internal hard drives.. I guess I will just have to wait till I get one to figure it out. Anyways... it's not really a pressing issue... just simple curiosity is all... but I do agree with your suggestion... that does sound better. *those poor kitties
I've upgraded the HDDs in both my Buslink and IOMega externals. If you are willing to swap out a drive, then do it. Just make sure it's after the warantee is up. (opening voids them)
