As with previous version, Seagate has used aluminum foil tape to meet EMI requirements. Then use the smudger to gently pry the drive out from the side opposite of the USB connector (near the red or green rubber supports).
Start by removing the black rubber corner pad near the status LED. Removing the drive is fairly straight forward.
2019 Backup Plus Portable enclosure closeupĭisassembly requires a fine pointed wedge (or X-ACTO knife), and a wedge/smudger. The enclosure has a metal plate that wraps around from the side opposite of the USB connector to the top. However, the 2019 version has a new enclosure. This lid was easy to remove with just one’s fingernails (or guitar pick if one must). The previous versions of the Backup Plus enclosure had a metal lid that was attached using double sided adhesive tape. Comparison shot of the 20 Backup Plus Portable Apparently, a block size of 4096 appears to not be optimal for this drive do to its SMR platters.
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For this drive, it will take badblocks over 26.5 hours to complete a full run of a single test pattern.įurthermore, it takes 11 days to complete all 4 test patterns. Not setting the block size may result in badblocks complaining about the size of the drive. In Linux, the badblocks utility with the block size set to 4096 (or greater) can be used (e.g. Drive ShuckingĪs always, before attempting to remove a drive from its external enclosure, it should be tested for errors. For those looking to inexpensively fill 2.5″ drive bays in a storage server/NAS, this seems to be the only choice. This new model, the STHP5000400, contains a 5TB 5400RPM hard drive in the 15mm tall 2.5″ form-factor. The previous version was somewhat popular for drive shucking due to price, capacity, and ease of shucking. Seagate has recently updated their 2.5″ Backup Plus Portable line, redesigning the hard drive’s enclosure.