HOW to Open an external Hard drive MAXTOR M3

MAXTOR M3 External Hard Drives all sizes
Here is how to open an external hard drive MAXTOR (in this case 1TB) to extract the internal hard drive SEAGATE which is inside to have at half price of a hard drive SEAGATE SATA usable in computer or Box FREEBOX DELTA.
Indeed the price of the internal hard disk SEAGATE is the double of the external hard disk box of the MAXTOR M3
This tutorial was made to answer the question that many people ask on the web, whether it was possible to open the case and if the SATA connection was usable.
The answer is yes and here is how.

[@guillaumes_]

Followed the instructions, worked perfectly, thanks a lot !

[@matthiastuto3179]

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[@rafaelgarciaruiz4857]

so much thanks man u saved me for buying a new hard drive

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[@TozeCerdeira]

Thanks a lot for teaching how to open!!

[@matthiastuto3179]

you're Welcome !

[@jaydara555]

Thx Matthias. The video is perfect.

[@matthiastuto3179]

Thank you

[@keldaycreativeart]

Thank you for your help.

[@matthiastuto3179]

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[@moadsoloman238]

Very helpful, thank you so much

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[@andrijamilovanovic-wm4yv]

this is easy to open and for me i upgraded it with 1tb ssd so it runs faster

[@joshmp6894]

VERY VERY THANKS

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[@PedroSantos70]

Thjank you!

[@matthiastuto3179]

You're welcome !

[@peterrobinson5193]

Brilliant thanks

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[@latifrather2805]

Sir I hope you are well.kindly let me know if this mextor is SSD or SATA since I want to buy same from one guy same 1TB please .waiting for your reply eagerly.Thanks in advance

[@matthiastuto3179]

hello, It is a SATA drive.

[@matusgogo3811]

Hi. I have a little problem with this drive. I had an accident and I ejected the drive while working on ps4. Now PS4 and PC couldn't read it. Says, its not cennected. In addition the drive started beeping. It's broken? It's possible the fix this or? Thanks.

[@matthiastuto3179]

Hello, in this case that I would do if i am in your place, I put this hard drive in a Computer , then I format it in DOS mode.
But you would be probably able to do it in windows with a software like PARTITION MAGIC for example (now there are more recent softwares).

[@wow4121]

@@matthiastuto3179 I have very important data in this. Is it possible to copy the data before format ?

[@javiermolina9037]

Can you use in another computer? Do you try?

[@matthiastuto3179]

Hello, yes you can, no problem for that.

[@enqi7820]

Hello :) I have the exact one but my port in the drive that connects to the wire came off, how do i fix it?

[@matthiastuto3179]

I'm sorry i don't know if you can. maybe somebody here will tell you...

[@popescuandrei8728]

Buy another sata to usb enclosure.

[@c.r.m476]

All external model maxtor/seagate 1-4Tb are sata conection?

[@AliouKa]

Yes for the 4To ;) but the height is 15 mm not 0.7.You can not use it on a freebox delta nas

[@c.r.m476]

It is appreciated, I already have my 4Tb Maxtor installed on my PS4 Pro internally and not just the 2Tb that they say everywhere

[@jimgordon1563]

Hi Matthias, this really helped me with recovering data from my M3 and using an external hard drive enclosure. However, not all of these are the same inside as I recently found out. Some have the USB soldered to a board not a socket Here"s an example :ua-cam.com/video/fExEg-MNMgI/v-deo.html

[@matthiastuto3179]

OK Jim, thank you for this important précision !

[@nanabinaruto71546]

i can I DM you ?
i have some big problems with my disk

[@matthiastuto3179]

Sorry I don't understand your question.

[@SSKMusicBeats]

Yh mines didnt go so smoothly...

[@matthiastuto3179]

:-)

[@ryland5448]

Can this use in a ps4?

[@matthiastuto3179]

I would say yes, but honestly i didn't try...

[@ryland5448]

@@matthiastuto3179 it works thanks👍❤️