How to tell if a 2.5 external drive can be shucked
Hi,
Does anyone know if there is some sort of database or spreadsheet listing external drives and wether they can be shucked? (essentially if they are natively USB or not)
I have a few 2.5 external drives and I was wondering whether I could shuck any of them, but I wanted to see if there's a way to know beforehand without actually opening them and looking at the PCB (and potentially breaking the flimsy plastic case in the process).
The part numbers are as follows:
P/N: WDBBEP0010BBK-01
P/N: WDBC3C0020BBL-JD
P/N: WDBYVG0010BBK-0A
I think the last two are very unlikely to have a physical SATA interface inside, since they are much newer drives, but the first one is older, so I think there could be a chance with that one.
Any help or directions would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Posted Jul 5, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC