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Can I replace the hard drive on a Mercury Elite-AL Pro?

I have a 160GB Mercury Elite-AL Pro storage solution box and wanted to replace the hard drive with something larger. Is it possible? If so, how hard is it on a scale from 1 to 10. With 1 being easy.

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Thank you mayer! I appreciate your help. I hope I provided you with the proper credit. Cheers!

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OWC actually makes four versions of this case, all sharing the same Mercury Elite-AL Pro name. The difference is in the internal and external interfaces. Two models have the older IDE internal hard drive interface, and two models have the newer SATA internal hard drive connections.

Here is a teardown of the devices and how to update them.

http://macs.about.com/od/peripherals/fr/...

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As to difficulty, I have torx screwdrivers, for me this is a 1 or at most a 2. Without a torx screwdriver this would push a 7.

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Looks that way to me also--you do need the tools. + Ralph

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