{"id":286,"date":"2014-08-14T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triplescomputers.com\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2014-08-14T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:08:19","slug":"guide-western-digital-wd5000f032-external-hard-drive-disassembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triplescomputers.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/guide-western-digital-wd5000f032-external-hard-drive-disassembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Western Digital WD5000F032 External Hard Drive Disassembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone who does any sort of data recovery knows that Western Digital external hard drives can be a real<\/em> pain to break into if they fail. \u00a0While I’ve found plenty of extremely helpful visual guides to\u00a0disassembly of these models in the past, the model I received today for repair wasn’t among them. \u00a0It’s a WD5000F032 (also WD5000C032, and perhaps other similar model numbers as well), and the method to disassemble it is completely different.<\/p>\n

So I took it upon myself to create a guide of my own. \u00a0Hope this helps you!<\/p>\n

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Western Digital WD5000F032 external hard drive Disassembly<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 1 – Remove the rubber liner<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 2a – Press the plastic tabs on top…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 2b – …and bottom<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 3 – Slide the contents out of the shell casing<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 4 – Remove screws<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Step<\/a> Step 5 – Remove more screws<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 6 – Remove the final screw<\/p><\/div>\n

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Step 7 – (Optional) remove the drive from the bracket<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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