Replacing the HDD inside the Samsung story station 3

[nadavkrv]

Hi everyone.
sorry in advance for my english.
i've had a working Samsung story station 3 external drive for the past 3 years or so.
recently it became impossible to work with, due to the large amount of bad sectors resulting I/O errors and etc.
(i managed to rescue allmost 100% of my data).

I still have the external case and all the components of the story station working fine.
can i assemble another sata3 3.5" HDD instead(7200 RPM) ?
would it work at all??
or maybe it has to be 5400 rpm?

thanks

 

[smorizio]

with ext enclosers it depends on the io board and firmware that was used. some of the older ones will have a set size limit on them. you should be able to do a one for one drive replacement. myself I would buy a new encloser that sata one there cheap and use a standard sata drive.

 

[blacksheep123]

Samsung story station 3 can house upto 2TB harddrive ...good luck

 

[nadavkrv]

can it work with any HDD (up to 2TB) ?

 

[blacksheep123]

can it work with any HDD (up to 2TB) ?

if it fits, then yes it can... first check if it fits... the chipset in it can take storage load upto 2tb

 

[nadavkrv]

are there any limitations of rpm's, sata I/II/III or cache regarding the chipset?

 

[blacksheep123]

are there any limitations of rpm's, sata I/II/III or cache regarding the chipset?

just to be safe, i suggest you to buy a laptop hard drive of 2TB since it usualy has very low requirements and has higher chance of working successfuly

 

[nadavkrv]

are there any limitations of rpm's, sata I/II/III or cache regarding the chipset?

just to be safe, i suggest you to buy a laptop hard drive of 2TB since it usualy has very low requirements and has higher chance of working successfuly

i'm not sure 2.5" would fit there

 

[blacksheep123]

are there any limitations of rpm's, sata I/II/III or cache regarding the chipset?

just to be safe, i suggest you to buy a laptop hard drive of 2TB since it usualy has very low requirements and has higher chance of working successfuly

i'm not sure 2.5" would fit there

im sure t will.. 90% of the hard drives use laptop disks in them.... open the case to verify as you are going to open it anywas.. see it for yourself

 

[nadavkrv]

but i've already opened it.
how do u think i scaned and tried to repair it?
it's a 3.5" drive inside.

 

[blacksheep123]

but i've already opened it.
how do u think i scaned and tried to repair it?
it's a 3.5" drive inside.

you answered your question yourself.. get a cheap 2tb 3.5' HDD ..pop it in and screw it back