Seagate Backup Plus 4tb External Drive Disassembly

I picked up a few of Seagate Backup Plus 4tb drives at Walmart for an incredible price the other day.  My plan is to replace the 2tb drives in my fileserver so I needed to remove the case.  I first did some testing to make sure it wasn’t DOA before I started to take it apart.

It turned out to be very easy — the cover is held on with just a few clips that are easy to undo.  I managed to get it out with no damage at all.  The case is still fully usable if I choose in the future.

What is the drive inside?  Its Seagates standard ST4000DM000 consumer desktop drive.  

Check out the images below for instructions on how to remove the drive.

Specs

  • Capacity: 4TB
    • 4TB (ST4000DM000)
    • 8 heads, 4 disks
  • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
  • Spindle: 5,900 RPM
  • Cache: 64MB
  • Throughput Max: 180/MBs
  • Average Data Rate: 146MB/s
  • Average Latency: 5.16ms
  • Power
    • Typical Idle Operating 5W
    • Average Operating 7.5W
  • Warranty: 2 years

Full Spec Sheet

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Review: http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_desktop_hdd15_review_st4000dm000

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