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If you found this tutorial useful by all means please share this article on social media. These drives have special connections such as in the case of this My passport Ultra that was used for this tutorial had a USB 3.0 connection where the SATA connection should have been which means these drives can only be used in these external drives. Do note that these drives are not regular Hard drive that have a SATA connection and as a result they won’t work in Laptops or can be replaced by those drives. For assistance formatting the drive to exFAT, please. That’s it the drive is now out, you can do what need to be done to the device now. In that case, you should send it to a local data recovery service or replace it with a new one. Carefully slide the drive out and hold it by the edges and avoid shocks as it may damage the drive. There are no screws, the whole thing is held together by clips.Ĥ. I copied all the needed files, except two that failed reading at 95 due to bad sectors. The drive was detected and showed in Windows. Holding in this position, I connected the data cable, opened the Device Manager and performed a Scan for HW changes. The plastic clips will fly and the top will come right off. The HDD started spinning without clicking. User rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars with 230 reviews.
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It may seem hard to get the tool into the groves of the drive but it can be done.ģ.When the tool gets into the groves slide it along the edges all around the drive. WD - My Passport 1TB External USB Type-C Portable Solid State Drive - Space Gray.

The groves are towards the top of the drive. Get the a plastic credit card like prying tool and carefully get it into the grooves of the drive. Turn the My Passport external drive right side up.Ģ.
