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This isnt necessary if you know where to apply pressure on the case. If they run out i will probably buy a 4tb portable instead. Shucking external drives to get at the red nas drives within tends to be much cheaper than buying internal drives directly. Each cd has 1800px color correct album art shot via dslr. How to open shuck a wd my book new without breaking. Using win 10 on new ssd, wd my book backup sw does not work. How to open shuck a wd my book new without breaking the case ive noticed that brute force is used in most of the videos on youtube which show how to shuck the hard drive of a wd my book. Then again, is there really such thing as too much. Finally got around to uploading my wd my book shucking guide. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition and the world edition.
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