My Portable External Hard Drive is Now a Non-Portable Internal Hard Drive

WD7500AAKS 750GB SATA Back in December, I wrote about how one of my external hard drives died for apparently no reason at all (and another had previously failed a drop test at the Los Angeles airport). My intention was to get two USB hard drive enclosures to put the hard drives in, provided they still worked. As with anything in life, my plans changed. It was unintentional, but nonetheless predictable. I decided I should turn them into internal hard drives and forgo the hunt for decent enclosures in Olongapo or San Fernando.

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My External USB Hard Drive Died

USB hard drive My external USB hard drive died. I don't know why, but I suspect the huge power fluctuations (dirty power) in Olongapo City has a lot to do with it.

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