Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Can an external hard drive be taken out and put internal?

philb7 · 01-04-2008, 09:01 PM

So long as it is not a small laptop drive inside it, it should be a conventional drive inside. You say that it was dropped so it is more likely that the HD was damaged as its parts are very sensitive. The arm may have shifted and either does not get close enough to read or is in physical contact with the platter and getting beat up. The only way to know is to plug it (HD) into the PC and test it. If it makes a lot of noise junk it. Good luck.

01-04-2008, 09:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
philb7 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 70 OS: WIN XP SP2	Re: Can an external hard drive be taken out and put internal? So long as it is not a small laptop drive inside it, it should be a conventional drive inside. You say that it was dropped so it is more likely that the HD was damaged as its parts are very sensitive. The arm may have shifted and either does not get close enough to read or is in physical contact with the platter and getting beat up. The only way to know is to plug it (HD) into the PC and test it. If it makes a lot of noise junk it. Good luck.