Re: re-use WD external USB drive?



"Bucky" <uw_badgers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1174375288.891554.65490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 19, 2:41 pm, "Folkert Rienstra" <see_reply...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Where would the savings be.

avoid buying another enclosure.

Better write to the manufacturers then that they are doing it
all wrong: that they should solder their drives in permanently.

(Next time, leave enough context so it's clear to anyone that
you completely misunderstood the (rethorical) question).

(Like the original message was more than a screen full and needed snipping).
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