It is connected via the 16-bit USB control via SATA. To remove the hard drive, you'll have to unscrew the circuit board first. There are three small screws ...

Last night, a brand new Seagate 250 GB IDE hard drive failed completely. The hard drive started clicking, would not respond, and I could hear the head riding on ...

Are you talking the the large (3.5") Western Digital Elements External Hard Drive? The 3.5" drives can't be powered off the USB port (if that's what you are ...

Mar 13, 2014 · First unplug the drive from the computer. Output the USB messages. You may even be able to watch it using "tail -f" while performing the next ...

The weird thing is that after I shut down the computer and booted it up again, the SMART message didn't show a second time. Now will this hard disk really crash ...

Aug 6, 2009 · The clicking sound is from the heads going to the platters and back to park. It does it because the platters are not spinning up, due to a ...

Aug 18, 2013 · If I unplug / replug it everything works fine. I use it on a Linux PC server with USB2.0 interface: I have used many external usb drives but I ...

After pulling the 1.5TB hard drive out of the case, I was able to use it with an USB adapter. So the internal hard drive works fine as a normal hard drive.

May 10, 2007 · The USB enclosure for the Maxtor OneTouch III Mini Edition Portable Hard Drive wasn't meant to be reused. Perhaps Maxtor didn't want anyone to ...

... After removing the screws, the hard drive can be detached from the USB circuit board and removed from the bracket. </p> <p align="right"> <a href="/Forums ...