Destroying my external hard drive?

[Kesava]

I have a Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500GB external hard drive. I want to take it apart and use it as an internal hard drive.

Has anyone done this before? I want to do it without destroying the case.

I have searched around online and havent really found anything that helps me because each different model seems to have a different way to take it apart.

Does anyone have experience with my particular model? I have found 2 things under the rubber feet but have no idea what they are for.

There is also a hole with a little lock symbol.

Not sure what way to go about taking this apart.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Froboy7391_99]

I used a dremel and later realised the oddly shaped screws would actually accept a small flathead. I then commenced to kick my self......

 

[voyagerfan99]

Post a picture of how it looks. I took ours apart to replace the drive. Maybe it's the same one.

 

[laznz1]

My Maxtor was a sinch to pull apart take a pic of tell us which one it is

 

[gamerman4]

Google
"disassemble western digital my book"
there are quite a few useful resources
instructables are usually pretty reliable how-tos. I had a seagate freeagent that I took apart with directions from there.

 

[luckyedboy66]

ya, post a pic. i took apart my WD passport, and it basically snapped together. i used a precision flat head to take it apart.

 

[voyagerfan99]

ya, post a pic. i took apart my WD passport, and it basically snapped together. i used a precision flat head to take it apart.

That's pretty much all I had to do with my MyBook. Just had to snap apart the edges and then slide it out.

 

[Motoxrdude]

My WD external came apart pretty easy. The front and sides are like a sleeve and you can just pull it straight off without having to unscrew anything.

 

[Kesava]

I had a look at heaps of stuff on google but nothing specifically matched my exact hard drive. I'll try sliding it out and if that doesnt work ill post up some pics.