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The short story is: this drive is impossible to harvest because it doesn't have a SATA interface and the USB control board is soldered on.
Follow the pictures attached for details. Opening the drive is very easy. Use a 2mm hex screwdriver on each of the four corners of the aluminum plate. Gently pry the plate up and off, there will be some resistance because it's held in place by four gentle adhesive strips. From there, pop out the four plastic tabs which are holding the drive in the enclosure. At this point, you can effortlessly lift the drive up and out of the enclosure.
Upon inspection, I found a Western Digital drive with a model number of "WD50NMZW". The interface is USB and the control board soldered on. It's possible the developer re-used old controller board design, because as you look to the left of the USB port, you see solder points that match a SATA port, in the location where you'd expect to find a port.
In any case, I learned what I needed, put the drive back together and now it serves me as an external USB drive.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...FHD5?
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I tried to hook up the WD Passport to my computer but it does not recognize it. Thanks!
I tried to hook up the WD Passport to my computer but it does not recognize it. Thanks!
Disk Management in Windows should recognize it, but the format may not be readable. If you've attached it to something like the Xbox One, you can do a transfer by simply connecting both drives to the console and accessing the storage management through system options and transferring the content of one to the other. Wii U is also very easy, and done in a similar fashion, not that most people would use a drive that large for that system. PlayStation consoles are simple as well. Honestly, just YouTube it for a visual & you'll have an easier time. Good luck!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...FHD5?psc=1 [amazon.com]
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You need a U3 card to take advantage of the 4k video capabilities of the phone. You can't go wrong with the Samsung U3 card that goes on sale for about the same price as the SanDisk. But for your your question, extreme is better than ultra.
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I thought the same for .25ms lol
AGREED. Picture should match lead "headline" teaser. Why combine them into one post?