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My intent is to remove the drive inside and swap it with a smaller one i have in my case. Gun digest book of revolvers assemblydisassembly, 4th edition 27%. How to disassemble a western digital my book essential external. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device. My first question is can i go into my book and just delete old backups to make more room on my drive or would i have to erase all contents to free up space.
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