OMG. This simple enclosure switch brought my hard drive back to life! Thanks for the tutorial!

WOW! Exactly! I did not know there was a back to this! WOW! Thank you so much for making this video

just what I needed. Thanks!!!!!!

Lifesaver, thanks so much!

The port that connects this external hard drive to my computer broke off completely. After watching your video and the use of a SATA cable I'm confident I'll be able to recover my hard drive information. Thank you so much for this video!!

@davidrodriguez185

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! what port did you use? I'm experiencing a similar problem.

@maccoby1

Жыл бұрын

@@davidrodriguez185 Me too. How do you replace the port?

very nice

Hmmm. I work on and have electronics since the 80s. I study and do alot. My topic for the sec now is the G drive. Little history for those to understand from me... These G drives I collect. I buy them and use them for me. I like the older ones though with the light full on front as # G Drive 0G02392 style. I tossed the though recent if I could redo a drive in that case. BUT.... Alot comes into play here. You can not just slap a bigger drive in a case depending on the named drive, case, and named holder. Along with the circuit board. I have not got around to this drive yet. I am about to start that after this vid. Because I would like to mod my drives. I take it this case for the named mostly takes a standard board in the back end. Thus- to put another drive in. I will be looking into a ssd and a hdd up size and this project soon.

I have the same drive but my PCB is built directly to the drive. And my drive was WD inside. Not same brand as in video. Just a heads up for Trenton if you try to shuck your drive.

Quick question, I have a larger 10tb g drive, one of the big silver units. If I remove the drive to insert direct into my pc will it read the data off like normal or would it corrupt or force me to format?

@DakotaBusy

2 жыл бұрын

If the drive is mountable and not having issues, it should just read it normally.

Any idea where I can order a new plug? My drive is fine, but the cord insert part is loose and will not show up unless I bend the cord a certain way...

@DakotaBusy

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think you will be able to find just the plug. The simplest might be just order a new enclosure off of amazon like this one: amzn.to/2S3RIrX and install your drive in that. That link is our affiliate link if you want to help support our channel. Best of luck!

@Jennifer.v

2 жыл бұрын

Were you able to resolve it? I’m having the same issue.

@Arkenboutmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jennifer.v not yet. I think something inside the drive is loose and needs to be tightened or something. I have no idea what it could be though, I haven't got around to looking. Aggravating though. Quality control issue for sure 😒

@Jennifer.v

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arkenboutmusic i just bought a new enclosure on Amazon for like $9 now i can use it as normal 🙌🏼

@Arkenboutmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jennifer.v glad that worked out for you. My problem isn't with the casing though, it's with the inside of the drive itself.

Well I got it open I wish I would’ve known that it would break the clips because now I can’t put it back together without it falling apart

@DakotaBusy

3 жыл бұрын

That stinks. Maybe just use a little tape to keep it together.

@survivaldude29

3 жыл бұрын

@@DakotaBusy I didn’t even think of that, that is suck a great idea

What is that tool called? The flat one you use to open up the Drive?

@DakotaBusy

3 жыл бұрын

It’s an ifixit metal spudger

@natashap3656

3 жыл бұрын

@@DakotaBusy well thanks for the video! It gave the really-not-tech-me the confidence to open up that thing!

Hi the port is broken, the hard drive is fine, can you tell me what steps I should take

@DakotaBusy

3 жыл бұрын

I would open up the enclosure, remove the hard drive, get a new enclosure, install the hard drive in that one and use it.

@realkingsimon

3 жыл бұрын

@@DakotaBusy Thank you for your reply! It helps alot. To be clear, I'm on Amazon I'm going to purchase another external hard drive also with a SATA driver encloser and transfer the data to the new one

So you weren't able to save any of the files?

@DakotaBusy

5 жыл бұрын

No. I didn’t have anything on it that was important anyways. I just wanted to keep using the enclosure and figured I’d document how I got it opened to replace the drive.