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LaCie Minimus Teardown

Introduction

How-To remove the internal hard drive contained within the external enclosure.

What you need

  1. LaCie Minimus Teardown, Hard Drive: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • LaCie Minimus (2 TB hard drive)

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    • Turn the drive over, noting the black rubber strips. Carefully peel each strip off, to reveal a set of two phillips screws under each strip.

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    • Remove the two sets of phillips screws and set them aside.

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  5. LaCie Minimus Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Carefully push on the front, black faceplate to slide the drive and housing out of the case.

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    • Note the label: Warranty Void If Seal Broken. In this case, we want to retrieve the data and do not care about the warranty. Remove the label, to expose one of the four total screws on the side to remove the internal drive.

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  7. LaCie Minimus Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 2 LaCie Minimus Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 2

    • Carefully remove the four screws holding the drive in the caddy, making sure that the hard drive does not slip out or damage the SATA controller card towards the rear of the case.

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    • The drive is now removed. Use an external hard drive reader, etc., such as the Cavalry in the second picture, to hopefully access your drive.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Thank you !

We will need it ....

Giuseppedegioia - Reply

Drive inside say

5VDC / 12VDC - 0.5A 0.7A

But my replace say:

5VDC, 0,60A

12VDC, 0,45A

Is that OK or should I not change?

hlundstedt - Reply

thank you this was great help.

I have a problem where the usb port is broken on the inside of the hard drive. do you know what that piece is called? i need to buy a new one, not even sure if its possible to buy.

thank you

Jovan Popovic - Reply

its the first green rectangle shape that has the USB attatched to it which is broken.

sorry not really good with this stuff just trying to solve it

Jovan Popovic - Reply

Thanks, very clear manual, helped me wel ! :)

Tomas Navratil - Reply

Top notch, thanks

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