The Seagate portable 2.5 inch 500 GB external USB drive started having problems with reading. Would read 1 GB or so, and then stop. On Windows, it would give "unable to read" error, while on Linux the reading speed would slow down to a trickle before starting up again after a minute. Opened it up using tips for similar drives from instructables and ifixit breaking the plastic tabs on the enclosure in the process :(
Opening the screws on the sides of the metal frame took two of us - one to push down the star screwdriver, and the other to rotate it with the help of pliers - it was so tight. Once the drive came out, connected it to a USB-Sata-Pata adapter by borrowing Sata cable from saispace2. Now the drive reads fine.
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