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The Western Digital My Passport Ultra is a USB 3.0 portable storage device with capacities from 500 GB up to 5 TB.

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Prying open hard drive

Hello - the actual external hard drive I have is a Western Digital easystore 2TB hard drive. The reason I chose the My Passport Ultra is because its practically the same size, form and shape as the easystore EXHD I have. Unfortunately earlier this year when I was getting my new computer all setup, I dropped this hard drive of mine on the floor as it was on top of the CPU. Now, the hard drive just makes a clicking noise every time I plug it in. I wanted to see if there was a way I can extricate the hard drive itself from the case and use a recovery reader I have . However, it seems impossible to do with no way to slither my way through the edge of the hard drive casing.

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-Jordan

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That's fairly risky if it is your first time. there will be tutorials available online. since it can be risky make sure to clone your drive before hand. a lot of free tools out there. you can use Remo Free Disk Clone Software if you want a fast and effective option.

However, I would insist that you simply just take it to a shop as a lot could go wrong here.

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@jordan18927 yup, same tabs. You may just need to change the "angle of approach" and a bit more rigid tools. Check on here for the how-to proceed. this is just an example and not an endorsement

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