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“… concerned about the heating of external drives …”
“I'm concerned about the heating of external drives because many of these little enclosures provide no active air flow across the drive.”, opines Steve Gibson. And in the field of…
The Western Digital “My Passport” External Drive
Update: Thinking of buying one? Don't, they suck. The Western Digital “My Digital” External Hard Drive pictured right, is my latest IT purchase. The reason I went for a WD…
“Can you tell me whether the drive inside this newer FreeAgent Go is SATA or IDE?”
That will be yes, which is what I answered in the comments. In particular, my FreeAgent Go drives have the following SATA drives in them: Model SATA Drive Name Drive…
“Don’t drop it on the floor.”
On Friday, I blogged about opening the Seagate FreeAgent external drive. The reason I had to open the drive up, was that I dropped it on the floor, and it…
How to open the Seagate FreeAgent Go External Drive.
(very carefully) Step 0 – read all these instructions before trying this yourself. In particular, you can probably get away with removing the top cover only. Step 1 – using…
How to open the Seagate FreeAgent Classic
This is the FreeAgent Classic. My one is a 160GB external drive. Step 1 – using a BLUNT object, such as a thin screwdriver, slide it along the front of…