my brother bought me one of these, and filled it with music. a nice present, but usb is no place for music.

so armed with a thin, flat blade, i tried to open it.
it was easy:
take off the rubber end covers, and you are left with an aluminium case with black plastic ends. insert the blade into the short side , and lift – they are only held at the ends – and the black plastic comes out. inside is the drive plus electronics. pushing from the non-electronic end, the whole lot slides out, leaving you with a SATA drive, with standard sata connections, and a USB to sata converter. handy.
the drive now lives inside my pc, on a sata channel. nice.