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MegaMillions

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Feb 1, 2009
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What is the hard disk like inside these? Could I take the hard drive out of the enclosure and put it inside my Mac Pro?

I have a friend who's WD Elements drive won't show up when she plugs it in, but I haven't seen it or messed with it first hand yet, so I don't know exactly what's going on. She says the light shows up and then goes away, and nothing else happens. If I fail to make it work through conventional means, how do I connect the drive to my Mac Pro in a way that bypasses the drives own AC Power system, which could be the faulty component?
 

isaaclimdc

macrumors 6502
Jun 28, 2009
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Pittsburgh, PA
There is a standard SATA 3.5-inch hard disk in there. You can extract just the hard disk itself from the WD Elements, and stick it into a HD bay in your Mac Pro. The bays already have SATA power cables at the ready.
 
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