WD 12TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 external hard drive for plug-and-play storage

Introduction

Shucking an external hard drive involves disassembling the external enclosure and harvesting the bare hard drive inside. From there, you can use the drive in your home server, NAS, or PC. This procedure shows you how to remove the hard drive while keeping the enclosure intact.

Shucking external hard drives is a great way to get a lot of storage at a better price. Many external hard drives use server-grade hard drives that cost nearly twice as much if you were to purchase them standalone without the external enclosure.

This guide demonstrates shucking a WD Elements 12TB external hard drive from Western Digital, model WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN, but the procedure can apply to any WD Elements 3.5” external drive.

Note: Before shucking, be sure to boot up the external drive and run a deepscan for bad sectors using a program like HD Tune Pro or Stablebit Scanner. If any errors are detected, return the drive to the retailer or manufacturer.

WD 12TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive,

USB 3.0 external hard drive for plug-and-play storage

• High-capacity add-on storage
• Fast data transfers
• Plug-and-play ready for Windows PCs
• WD quality inside and out

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