[SOLVED] will my data be there if I take external drive out of case?

[Pc6777]

I have 2 external 8 terabyte drives. Amazon.com: WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, Compatible with PC, Mac, PS4 & Xbox - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN: Computers & Accessories and Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 8TB HDD External - Newegg.com

If the usb controller died and I had to hook them up to sata, would my data be there the same way it was when it was in the external bay? Would there be any difference?

 

[Lutfij]

The data should be there, provided you didn't drop the enclosure/HDD on a hard surface.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

some external housing use types of proprietary encryption with their drives. so when removing from the housing you may not be able to easily access, or access the data at all.
most newer externals i've used for the last few years did not have this feature in use though.

research the drive itself online or contact manufacturer tech support to determine if this one does.

 

[Pc6777]

some external housing use types of proprietary encryption with their drives. so when removing from the housing you may not be able to easily access, or access the data at all.
most newer externals i've used for the last few years did not have this feature in use though.

research the drive itself online or contact manufacturer tech support to determine if this one does.

thats why I asked, I heard something about encryption.

 

[fzabkar]

Elements are not encrypted. Some (all?) Seagate enclosures use a sector size of 4096 bytes, in which case the data would be inaccessible via a direct SATA connection to you motherboard.

 

[Bob.B]

I have 2 external 8 terabyte drives. Amazon.com: WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, Compatible with PC, Mac, PS4 & Xbox - WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN: Computers & Accessories and Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive 8TB HDD External - Newegg.com

If the usb controller died and I had to hook them up to sata, would my data be there the same way it was when it was in the external bay? Would there be any difference?

While everything is working ok take each disk out of the enclosures and connect them up via sata.
That should tell you if you can do what your talking about if you have a failure.

 

[USAFRet]

While everything is working ok take each disk out of the enclosures and connect them up via sata.
That should tell you if you can do what your talking about if you have a failure.

Yep.
Test before you need.

Test with a small amount of data that already exists elsewhere, so nothing is lost.

 

[Pc6777]

Yep.
Test before you need.

Test with a small amount of data that already exists elsewhere, so nothing is lost.

I didn't want to have to take it out unless I had to so i wouldn't void warranty(I think opening it would void it).

 

[Pc6777]

Elements are not encrypted. Some (all?) Seagate enclosures use a sector size of 4096 bytes, in which case the data would be inaccessible via a direct SATA connection to you motherboard.

Could i do something to change that?

 

[fzabkar]

Could i do something to change that?

I don't know.