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Quick question. Would i be able to rip apart my external hard drive at some point and put the HD into say a NAS ? Its a Buffalo drive station 1TB 
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as far as I know you can rip any external hard drive apart, should just be normal drives in there with an added controller for usb etc
unless it's 2 drives in the external box and it's in raid, i imagine that wouldn't work
unless it's 2 drives in the external box and it's in raid, i imagine that wouldn't work
If there was nothing on the drives and you just wanted the extra space/speed of putting them in a PC or NAS , then i cannot see a reason why they will not work.
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Yes, shouldn't be a problem at all.
My mate just knocked his Buffalo 1TB off the desk and it split open (killing the HDD in the process 
) but it's just a Samsung drive with a power/sata PCB plugged in at the back. Remove it with a screwdriver and you can connect the drive up how you wish.
) but it's just a Samsung drive with a power/sata PCB plugged in at the back. Remove it with a screwdriver and you can connect the drive up how you wish.