Yes. They use standard drives inside those. Try it. You may find that cable, case (and electronics), hard disk or power supply has failed, but not all 4 parts.
Bob
My computer (windows XP), or any other computer, is no longer able to detect my external hard drive. It does not show up on disk management or device manager. I tried changing the cables as well, but nothing works. The drive is still spinning inside, so i assume it is something with the internal connections. The sepcs are:
Western digital 80 gb external hard drive
usb 2.0 connection
Model:WD800B008-RNN
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on fixing it. Also, I was wondering if it is possible to open the casing of the external hard drive and putting the hard drive itself into a computer or a hard drive enclosure used with internal hard drives? Would it be compatible and are there any special requirements? Thanks for any help.

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