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I'm a noob I shucked a WD Elements 2TB external drive I bought a few years ago and found the base board has USB, not SATA. It's a WD20NMVW. I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by -ThatGingerKid-@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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[–] MaksDampf@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

looks like it. you can still use it in a nas. just connect it to a usb port instead of sata, it should be fine except possibly limited SMART Info.

[–] -ThatGingerKid-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know. I was dumb and broke the case, though 😬

[–] -ThatGingerKid-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What do you mean be SMART info?

[–] HTWingNut@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

WD and Toshiba portable drives have USB soldered on. Seagate portables still have a SATA interface.

[–] -ThatGingerKid-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Good to know, thank you

[–] Business-Error6835@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

some Samsung drives also do have USB soldered on, I have one (Seagate drive, Samsung enclosure).

[–] TADataHoarder@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?

Correct, these are native USB drives.
You are stuck with this so you might as well put it back in the case.

[–] -ThatGingerKid-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm dumb and I broke the case 😬

[–] s00mika@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Technically not native USB, they usually have a SATA to USB translator chip soldered

[–] iamofnohelp@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Upload more pictures. Some of those were removable. Not sure about this model.

[–] Beaver_On_Fire@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Most external 2.5" drives do not have sata connections. Only the 3.5" drives are a reasonable safe bet, and it's still not a sure thing. Best to look up the drive before purchasing.