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Originally Posted by richlevy
I'm seeing a lot of sales on external 2TB drives, but I want an internal drive. The problem is that the externals are discounted to be sometimes cheaper than a 'bare bones' internal.
Are all of the externals out there SATA drives? Can I just pull one from the housing and have a drive I can use as an internal or an external or are some connections soldered?
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I would expect they're SATA drives in a housing. No guarantees, and there are probably some stupid exceptions, but that just makes the most sense from a manufacturing standpoint.
The problem, of course, is that you void your warranty to find out something else is the case.