Fix a Broken Seagate External Hard Drive Port 

Thank you my seagate died yesterday thought I lost everything

You saved my life literally. I am a student and I had to get my portfolio ready for my interviews in 1 week and I thought I lost my whole 4 years of work. Thank you so much!!! you saved my future. Guys he is legit. Will always remember you. ALWAYS THANK YOU !!!

You literally made this so easy and hassle free! Ordered the case for like $9 from amazon and followed your instructions and saved years of data and files. THANK YOU

3 years of travel memories recovered - thank you so much!

Ok, I almost never comment, but you just saved me such stress and headache. It was so easy following your directions. I know you made this video years ago but it's still so helpful, THANK YOU!!!

Thank you so much. I had the exact same issue with my seagate. I called seagate and they said it was out of warranty, so they cannot do anything. They suggested that I go to third party services. I ran to Best Buy and some local dealers and they basically said it could cost anywhere between $600-$1500 and could take 7 weeks or more minimum. I was so glad I found this video, it saved my life. I had all my photos on this drive. Thank you again!

Thank you for this! Still holds up 2 years later. Easy to follow instructions and I've managed to save a lot of data.

Broooo I did exactly what you said and you saved a little more than 10 yrs of my LIFE worth of information which I thought I lost. Pics, vids, sentimental memories that I can't remake. You SIR is a life saver... SUBSCRIBE BIG TIME MAN!!! Thank you so much and I hope you get commission once I place an order!!! I haven't ordered it yet but that piece you speak of that comes off and I can just connect the rest was GENIUS. I bought me an 8TB external hard drive from my job... well my job is within another store but anyways that's irrelevant what I'm saying is I can continue what I've been working on since 2009 and just be done with it. Thank you thank you once again!!! :) 1000 thumbs up to you dude!!! Imma transfer everything on to this new drive thanks to you!!!

You have saved MEMORIES for me!!!! Thank you for taking the time to explain and record every step.

I've had this hard drive with a broken port for years. I got it ages ago for my Xbox for an extra 2tb and just left it after breaking. Thanks for making this. You gave it life again

Thank you SO much for your video on what to do with a broken connection. Exactly the same thing happened to my external Seagate hard drive as the one you were working on. After searching the internet and only finding hard drive recoveries at a huge cost, and also being told by a computer store that fixing my hard drive was impossible, I was so excited to eventually find your video, and I can't wait to get my hard drive enclosure from Amazon! Thank you again!

I was ready to look for an ironing tool to try to iron a broken port back. Thank god there is an easier solution lol. Good video mate!

YOU SIR ARE A LIFE SAVER!! I broke my seagate and thought I lost my entire music catalog. GOD BLESS YOU

Thank you so much for this. Actually my grandfather passed and I did a interview of him YEARS ago which was on that drive. Everything worked as you showed us and now I have memories to share with my family (+saved $200-300 in 2 different countries that would not be ready in time to share)

First of all, thank you SO much for making this video, you saved me a lot of headaches and so much data 😭 Second, I used this method with my hard drive, which is NOT Seagate, it's Toshiba. I took a chance on removing the shell because I was desperate and thankfully it worked out. I know many people are wondering if their drives can be saved using this -- and I'm not saying they can, I just wanted to add my non-Seagate experience. I got my hard drive from Amazon in 2020, so there may be hope for whoever else comes across this video. Thanks again!!

If anyone is wondering if this hack still works I am happy to report that it does! I had the exact same issue with my seagate drive, followed the video and bought the hard drive case from the link, and it fixed it! Thank you! You have saved me from having to take my drive to a repair shop.

You are a lifesaver. Thank you thank you thank you. I followed your directions and saved seven years of files for my business. I will be a loyal follower💞

Thank you so much, rescued all my files. I removed the external screws too which now come on the hard drive. The new case provides the support. 👍

Thank you so much, it saved all my wedding pictures & videos !

I had a drive with a similar issue and didn’t realize I could slide off the circuit board that makes it into a portable drive. I saw this video and I ran downstairs to get it. I already had the transfer cable from a dead laptop harddrive rescue. After more than 10 years I will finally see what I has on that drive and as a bonus I will have a free TB storage drive that has been a paperweight for a decade. My drive is one of those old style HDD that was just repurposed to be a portable drive. If this doesn’t work I see that I can just hook up a computer power supply and a data cable. Never even considered that until now. I assumed it was screwed unless I used that broken USB port. Anyway thanks. I can see this video helped alot of people

Thank you so much man.. I broke my hard drive port and i thought i have to get it repaired from a nearby store (they charge crazy amount of money for minor repairs) but luckily i saw this video and I didn't know it would be so easy to fix this problem.. i spent less than 10$ got the same case and it works perfect.. Thanks a lot✌️Keep up the good work💪🏻

Awesome! Nice to know they have standard ports, I was able to plug it right into my desktop PC and recover. Thanks for the video!

an "oh sh*t" moment - to an "hell yeah" moment! Thx for your help

Two of my seagate harddrives died recently and this saved them - thank you!!!

Thank you so much for the help I’m waiting on the case to come in the mail, I gotta wait 2 days for it and it’s got all my games on it but it’s definitely better then having to get a new one

I didn't have the exact same kind of drive as this one, but it was still a Seagate and this worked like a charm. Thank you so much for the tutorial

The same thing happened to my Seagate, but I was able to somehow get the connector back in there and was able to get it to connect to my PC. I'm extremely lucky -- thanks for this video though, would've done this had I not been able to pull off a miracle with the connector.

thanks man. i got my seagate back up plus and it stop working a year ago. this video gives me hope i can recover my files so im gonna try it..thank you so much for this

Thank you so much, this was super helpful i wondering were to find that tablet or weld it again and then boom your video with this super easy and cheap solution! I already buy it i receive it today lots of work in my drive and a full hard week that i didn't back up to other place. Thank you again.

Thank you so much! You just saved me 1T of lost files!

To think I had thoughts of soldering together a new piece. Don't have time for that and didn't realize it was this easy. Thanks :)

Thanks so much for the save! Found the different case on amazon for 10 bucks here in the usa and it's reading my drive.

Well done and thanks for taking the time to make this video. It has helped me a lot. Oh, and aq BIG thumbs up also.

Thankyou i thought i had lost my music i recorded forever ordered enclosure coming in 2 days and the beauty is i can repair it myself 😁

Thank you so much! My hard drive is up and running again! :)

You just saved all of my photos thank you so much

After hours of searching, finally a useful video, only challenge now is to get one of these case 😁😁😁

You saved my life with this. Thank you!

This saved my hard drive - thank you so much!!

Thank you...you saved me too! These ports are obviously designed to be the weakest link. Hopefully, the latest designs are better thought out by the manufacturers.

Just took the whole thing apart and didn’t realize I had to buy something to actually fix it ☺️

Thank you so much this actually worked and it was so easy to fix. my ps4 hard drive port broke and this method work 💯💯

Genuinely awesome - all of my stuff is safe! Thanks a lot

this is what I'm looking for. thank you so much...

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! These crappy connections always seem to break...

Great video mate. Thank you!

Thanks bro you're a life saver 🙌

It worked. Thank you. Thought I would have to download elden ring again and you saved me from that pain.

Thank you so much you just saved me hundreds of dollars thanks you so much

You’re a life saver!

This gave me nostalgia... the BUP Slim I dropped in torso height lol. And also the same disk as my laptop dies with. (ST2000LM07-1R8174) AND your voice made me sleepy lol

Good information bro. 👌👍😎.

Thank you so much bro same think happened with me I think I lost my all data but you save me thank you so much

thanks! my port just fell out and I wasn't execting the fix to be this easy!

What casing should you get for a seagate 5TB portable?

We have a Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable and it seems like its power supply board is fubar, I think this will fix it, do you know if the case that you suggested will fit this model that you shared?

Thank you so much!!!! I thought i lost all my data, all the fix it places i checked where not helpful or too expensive:(

thaank you! may i ask which enclosures support the highest (or equal to before the fix) usb transfer speeds? is a usb 3.1 gen 1 or gen 2 sufficient? is it important to have usb-C over usb-A female port on the enclosure?

Thank you the port in my Seagate got damaged last night and I thought I'd lost all my photos, music, craft files and games. I got the case but the hard drive is a bit thick for the cover to go back on but nothing a bit of tape can't fix

Nice! Cheers man.

wasnt even the problem i had but thank you saved me money lol

WOW! Thank you!

i have a seagate backup plus portable 1.5 tb drive will this work on the sabrent thing? my usb port is crap shat.

Thank you!

tbh my xbox seagate is broken but you saved me because you made me changed my mind I thought I gonna lose everything now I didnt lol I'm lucky so Thanks for helping me !!

Thanks for the video. 1 question, will this work for any kind if hard drive? I have one of those Toshiba ones.

I really hope this works. It’s been broken for maybe five years now and because of some events I need the things on it. I have a good feeling because the one he’s fixing Is the exact same model of mine and the exact same problem.

YOU ARE THE MAN!!

It's nice info bro..😇👌🏻

Never unblug micro usb B cable in external hard disk after use is good or bad ?

Looking for an enclosure for a Seagate SRD00F2 Black & Blue USB 3.0 3TB Backup Plus Desktop External Hard Drive.

Hai Greenview Media..Thank you so much for your video. My HD cannot be use since yesterday due the damage connector. I just want to know, regarding the hard drive enclosure, it is support for other HD..like APACER? or need to read the spec..I want to find out at Shoppe. Thank your in advance for your kind reply.

Life saver!

Some portable drives like the ones by Western Digital and Toshiba have the USB connector built in to the circuit board of the hard drive, so if the port breaks, you're out of luck. Fortunately all Seagate Portable drives up to now use separate USB bridges inside their enclosures.

thank you

with rubber bands i connected and had power, transferred 80% and crapped out, will try this.

very useful bro thank you you should get more views

I have a Seagate $ TB Barracuda but it seems like it is too thick for that enclosure. My drive is 15.1 MM thick

Dude, You're a Groovy Goolley!

Can you just buy a replacement Sata bridge connector? I saw someone did that on another video.

thank you would this method work also for an adata 4tb hd710 or just for Seagate?

I have the thicker Seagate 5tb hard drive, I assume it's too thick for the housing in this video, do you have a link for a thicker hard drive housing? (appreciate your help, happy holidays 🎄)

Thanks

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Sir, I have a SRD00M1 (4TB), can you please tell me which enclosure would work? Thank you.

Thank you.

So in Seagate it is a SATA connector on the drive itself with an adaptor, while in WD external drives it a microUSB directly soldered on the drive?

Thank bro

But what is meant by "make sure it matches up" regarding the hard drive enclosure. What are you matching? Where do I find this information?

Great find

Hi, Thanks for the video...! Could you please confirm will it work for Seagates Expansion Portable Drive 1 TB Mobile HDD. USB port broken yesterday, kindly confirm.

Thx for your instructions! But my Problem is different. My external Hard Drive fell to the ground several times and now when I plug in the Hard Drive, it becomes weird noises and the PC doesn't recognize my external Hard Drive anymore. Is it now totally broken or not?

Saved my games g.

I have the 2tb Xbox version and I did all the steps correctly and plugged it in and the blue light came on but none of my games showed up do you know what could be the problem ?

hello , i need help..my external hdd power light is not turning on..when i plug in or off, there is windows plug in sound... in disk management it seems as "not initialized " .. when i try to initialize it says incorrect function.. in device manager it only seems as jmicron device (which is probably adapter or sth) what should be the cause? thank you

The new models you need to pry the front top inner corner to get the lid off, it's slightly different and hard to see the join. Still clips though.

Do they make one of those for a the thicker 5TB Seagate Exterior drive?

Thank You

is it possible to remove that piece that broke from a non seagate drive and place it back in there to fix? just curious because i have a spare drive i'm not using that i could harvest that part from..thanks!

Hey so I purchased this and did everything in the vid, the new case lights up blue and everything but my computer isnt recognizing the drive. the only thing i can think that i did differently was peel all the aluminum off which im starting to think def has something to do with it. does anyone now what i should do?