How to take apart Western Digital Elements portable hard drive

jRin.net shows how to dismantle the Western Digital Elements portable hard drive (so you can re-purpose the internal sata drive and/or upgrade it with a larger capacity drive).  note that if it has a micro usb connector, instead of mini usb, the usb port will likely be soldered to the drive itself, and therefore the drive will not easily be re-purposed.

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