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+title: Blog
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+post: Replace a Western Digital MyBook Studio Hard Disk Drive
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+date: 2013-12-31
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+comments: true
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+## {{ page["post"] }}
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+I had some problems trying to disassemble and replace a Western Digital My Book Studio external hard disk drive.
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+There are four screws on the outside, one of them under a warranty label. I guess with a Heatgun or something similar you could remove the label without destroying it.
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+But the case is still closed rock-solid after removing the screws. That's thanks to some metal-clips around the edge.
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+Use a flathead screwdriver to carefully wiggle the inner case approx. 1cm out of the outer shell.
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+Even if it doesn't feel this way, there are no more clips after sliding as seen in the second picture.
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+Just use a long screwdriver as a lever to completely slide the inner case out of it's shell.
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+The hard drive itself is not mechanically connected to the inner case. Just slide it out, playing with the black rubber things in the corners to get it loose.
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+Now remove the two screws connecting the SATA adaptor to the hard drive, and it's metal holder screwed to the hard drive and place them on your new disk.
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+Then follow the same steps in reverse to put it back together.
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+### But beware!
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+The My Book Studio uses hardware encryption with it's SATA adaptor. This means, you won't be able to read the data already on the drive using SATA.
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+Also, the data on the replacement drive won't be readable in the enclosure. So get off your data before switching the drives, and put your new data on it afterwards!
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+<div class="yoxview">
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+    <a href="img/wd-1.jpg" class="thumbnail">
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+        <img src="img/wd-1_small.jpg" alt="Photo" title="Only four screws outside">
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+    </a>
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+    <a href="img/wd-2.jpg" class="thumbnail">
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+        <img src="img/wd-2_small.jpg" alt="Photo" title="Slide the case open">
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+    </a>
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+    <a href="img/wd-3.jpg" class="thumbnail">
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+        <img src="img/wd-3_small.jpg" alt="Photo" title="There are no clips. Just use some force!">
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+    </a>
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+    <a href="img/wd-4.jpg" class="thumbnail">
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+        <img src="img/wd-4_small.jpg" alt="Photo" title="Slide out the HDD to it's printed side">
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+    </a>
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+    <a href="img/wd-5.jpg" class="thumbnail">
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+        <img src="img/wd-5_small.jpg" alt="Photo" title="Done">
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+    </a>
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