Thank you very much for this video. I followed it now in late 2024 to recover the HDD inside an old Time Capsule that was deemed beyond repairable by a technician many long years ago, on grounds of the cooling fan being faulty. Yet the HDD had all this data on it so I saved the time capsule. Now that I found myself with a redundant SATA HDD shoe, I thought let me get the old 2TB HDD and see if I can use it. And your video was awesome: I was happy the minute I had the old HDD in hand and that's all I needed. But I took care not to damage anything so whoever is interested in this old dismantled and disk-less TP is welcome to take it.
You saved my company, I cloned the disk using the first part and the last part of your video and was able to restore data somewhere else safer. Greetings from France mate.
I just wanted to say I really appreciated this video. Your close ups were fantastic and it really helped me swap the drive on my time capsule as well. Thank you so much for recording and sharing your video with your comments / tips! I'll just throw in some tips for yourself or others: - The part around ~10:30 for getting the springs back on. You can either preinstall them and gently put the 'core' back into the casing, or you can use a chopstick if you have one laying around if you don't have a spudger - works perfectly. I'd imagine many pens / pencils, or anything else that is thin and cylindrical would also work. - I used plastic guitar picks for the part to open it up. I think it's inevitable that you will leave some marks, but if you use plastic, it won't be too bad. Although frustrating at first, do everything you can do be super gentle. It's almost inevitable that you will break or crack some of the tabs, as they are thin and plastic. The gentler you are, the less you will break. stick a couple plastic picks in, and wiggle wiggle wiggle for a while if your goal is to preserve as many of the tabs as possible. - Depending on the replacement hard drive, you will have to cut some of the rubber gaskets holding the drive in place for it to fit snugly. An sharp thin razor blade (like an exacto knife) is perfect for this. Make sure to cut enough away that it fits snugly as reasonably precise as you can, as my drive was a really tight fit when putting everything back together and I may have missed a couple small chunks I should of cut up more thoroughly on the rubber gaskets to better fit my drive. - I would suggest being careful about the drive you choose, as it's really packed in there so I'd imagine cooling won't be the best ever. I chose a Western Digital red running at 5400rpm. Something that doesn't consume too much power will also likely not produce too much heat. It might also be a good idea to avoid SMR drives in favor of CMR drives, though I don't have the technical expertise to explain exactly why. A laptop drive or 2.5" SSD might also be an idea in an adapter, just remember the SATA connector must be in the same place exactly (which it likely will be with a 2.5" -> 3.5" convertor case). Initially I was not gonna take out the whole thing but watching your video I decided to go all the way so I could clean my fan and clean my unit just that much more thoroughly. My unit was not as bad as yours, but the fan still had some small chunks of dust and blowing it out certainly didn't hurt anything I'm sure. I had to force it back together just a bit, but it did finally after some convincing in a way that I feel confident about the job. I'm a happy camper! Seems to be working great and I hope it work for many years.
This is awesome and I can't wait to clean/upgrade my Time Capsule. Could you please provide a list of and/or links to the tools you used in the video in the comments? Thank you!
Be careful when you try to pry the 2 tiny wires out to the front, because they are connected to a small plate on the board. If you have your tool behind the plate and pry them out you will basically destroy you capsule, like i did.
I did this procedure yesterday and I wish I have a button with a million likes for you THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!
Outstanding! Followed this and had my unit open in no time! Thanks!
Thank you very much for this video. I followed it now in late 2024 to recover the HDD inside an old Time Capsule that was deemed beyond repairable by a technician many long years ago, on grounds of the cooling fan being faulty. Yet the HDD had all this data on it so I saved the time capsule. Now that I found myself with a redundant SATA HDD shoe, I thought let me get the old 2TB HDD and see if I can use it. And your video was awesome: I was happy the minute I had the old HDD in hand and that's all I needed. But I took care not to damage anything so whoever is interested in this old dismantled and disk-less TP is welcome to take it.
Fantastic. Reslly helpful and help me salvage a drive. Whst an amzing, compact packsge. Thanks again F
You saved my company, I cloned the disk using the first part and the last part of your video and was able to restore data somewhere else safer. Greetings from France mate.
Glad I could help. Well done Streambaland. Hi from Australia !!!
Operation completed on the old one I had lying around! This was extremely helpful. Cheers, mate!
You are a godsend. Thanks for these super clear and confident instructions. You are an example of what's the best about the internet mate.
You are so welcome!
Really great stuff: I dug an old broken Time Capsule out of the basement, popped in a 6TB drive, and voila! Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just wanted to say I really appreciated this video. Your close ups were fantastic and it really helped me swap the drive on my time capsule as well. Thank you so much for recording and sharing your video with your comments / tips!
I'll just throw in some tips for yourself or others:
- The part around ~10:30 for getting the springs back on. You can either preinstall them and gently put the 'core' back into the casing, or you can use a chopstick if you have one laying around if you don't have a spudger - works perfectly. I'd imagine many pens / pencils, or anything else that is thin and cylindrical would also work.
- I used plastic guitar picks for the part to open it up. I think it's inevitable that you will leave some marks, but if you use plastic, it won't be too bad. Although frustrating at first, do everything you can do be super gentle. It's almost inevitable that you will break or crack some of the tabs, as they are thin and plastic. The gentler you are, the less you will break. stick a couple plastic picks in, and wiggle wiggle wiggle for a while if your goal is to preserve as many of the tabs as possible.
- Depending on the replacement hard drive, you will have to cut some of the rubber gaskets holding the drive in place for it to fit snugly. An sharp thin razor blade (like an exacto knife) is perfect for this. Make sure to cut enough away that it fits snugly as reasonably precise as you can, as my drive was a really tight fit when putting everything back together and I may have missed a couple small chunks I should of cut up more thoroughly on the rubber gaskets to better fit my drive.
- I would suggest being careful about the drive you choose, as it's really packed in there so I'd imagine cooling won't be the best ever. I chose a Western Digital red running at 5400rpm. Something that doesn't consume too much power will also likely not produce too much heat. It might also be a good idea to avoid SMR drives in favor of CMR drives, though I don't have the technical expertise to explain exactly why. A laptop drive or 2.5" SSD might also be an idea in an adapter, just remember the SATA connector must be in the same place exactly (which it likely will be with a 2.5" -> 3.5" convertor case).
Initially I was not gonna take out the whole thing but watching your video I decided to go all the way so I could clean my fan and clean my unit just that much more thoroughly. My unit was not as bad as yours, but the fan still had some small chunks of dust and blowing it out certainly didn't hurt anything I'm sure.
I had to force it back together just a bit, but it did finally after some convincing in a way that I feel confident about the job. I'm a happy camper! Seems to be working great and I hope it work for many years.
Very great video. Thank you. This helped me to fix my Apple Time Machine. Many thanks!!!
Great photography and instructions
best one have seen so far
Thanks Reve !!!
Thanks! Helped me fix my Time Capsule.
Thank you! Very clear explanation.
Great video guide, thanks a bunch as it was extremely useful
Glad it helped Meriones
Hello! Friendly reminder on the tools list - thank you!!
Larry, thanks for reminding me. Working on it
@@Repair2Renew Thank you!
This is awesome and I can't wait to clean/upgrade my Time Capsule. Could you please provide a list of and/or links to the tools you used in the video in the comments? Thank you!
I will make a list of tools in the “description“. Give me a couple of days. :)
@@Repair2Renew Thanks!
Also any chance you have a video for replacing the fan?
Very good, thanks
Great vid man, replacing the disk is very cheap on ebay, greetings from Mexico!
Hello Sergio in Mexico !!
Does anyone know the max capacity hard drive size ( number of TB) that can be placed inside of these time capsules.
I have seen here in France someone selling his with a 16to iWolf HDD. Asked about the noise, but no answer
What's the purpose of the spring loaded torx screw?
最高可以扩展到8T硬盘吗？
Thx it helped a lot
Glad it helped.
Would it be possible to use a ssd instead of a hdd and would it make a noticeable difference? Thanks
Yes you could try SSD, but it would only go as fast as the Sata controller would let it !
@@Repair2Renew6Gbps ?
Too bad I went thru this whole goddamn process and I find the gaskets don’t work on either a WD or Seagate that I buy brand new for this very purpose.
thanks
Thanks ahmed
Be careful when you try to pry the 2 tiny wires out to the front, because they are connected to a small plate on the board. If you have your tool behind the plate and pry them out you will basically destroy you capsule, like i did.
Best not let fans spin when cleaning as they can generate a voltage/current that can kill the board.
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