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nvanzuuren

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Registered: 27/04/12

How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 27-Apr-2012 17:53

Bought unit 4 years ago, for backup purposes.
Unit carries no model- and/or serial number.

Assume that USB part of unit is out of order, unit not -anymore- seen by XP system; after weekly use.
Tried other USB cables and ports.
Would like to open unit, to get access to disk.

Any advise welcome. T.I.A.
Greetings, Nap - Gent - Belgium

nvanzuuren

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Registered: 27/04/12

Re: How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 28-Apr-2012 13:57

in response to: nvanzuuren

Forgot to mention that frontplate clearly indicates "Toshiba"

Tonny

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Registered: 21/09/09

Re: How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 30-Apr-2012 14:55

in response to: nvanzuuren

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Sorry mate but I don’t know how to help you without any details about the device you are talking about… furthermore I assume this external HDD is faulty if it cannot be recognized by an system.

nvanzuuren

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Registered: 27/04/12

Re: How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 13-May-2012 19:08

in response to: nvanzuuren

To Tony: Thanks for reaction.
The shop could find the model info for me, it is: Toshiba PX1219E - 1G16
Hope you can now help me. T.I.A.
Nap - Gent - Belgium

Tonny

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Re: How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 14-May-2012 11:27

in response to: nvanzuuren

Seems its this HDD

But did not find any details how to open this…possibly you could pull out the front of the HDD…

nvanzuuren

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Registered: 27/04/12

Re: How to open an four year old upright 160 GB USB (backup) disk, alu housing
Posted: 15-Jul-2012 10:00

in response to: Tonny

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Hi Daschiba and others,

Unit appeared to be Toshiba PX1219E-1G16 160GB .

After the "Deafening Silence" of Support Toshiba Europe, decided to open unit as described by Daschiba.

Before that: Checked Power Supply, was O.K.; so my idea that USB interface was defect, was vindicating.

Not that simple, had to use "brute force", but (luckily) disk 100 percent O.K., no lost files; so "back-up still available.

Greetings, Nap - Gent - Belgium

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