What's a guy to do if your data is on the line when you can least afford it? Hard drives are expensive now, so here's a some ways you can get them cheaper. My home server runs not just my house, but my business, and I needed a replacement drive ASAP. And many portable hard drives are literally just normal hard drives with a plastic housing around them.
For this demo I used a Western Digital Elements drive. Not every portable hard drive can be successfully shucked like this, but Hard Drive Shucking Tracker: Live Best $/TB | TerabyteWise has a great guide on which ones work.