What does the HDD contain? A common Barracuda with SATA connection or there's an USB driver soldered? I want to connect it internally since an internal HDD costs twice as this.

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Hi Oxidian,

inside, there is indeed an ordinary Seagate Barracuda tape drive. There is little SATA-to-USB converter card attached to it, but it is not soldered, only attached with aluminium tape. Easy to detach. I removed the drive and put it into my notebook and it works just fine. However, the warranty is probably void by this operation.

Hope this helps.  Good luck.

Vladimir

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What does the HDD contain? A common Barracuda with SATA connection or there's an USB driver soldered? I want to connect it internally since an internal HDD costs twice as this.