+jnelsoninjax Subscriber² Share Posted September 14, 2020 I have a WD My book drive, but it no longer powers up. Is there anyway that I could get into the case and access the HDD, or is the data stored in such a matter that it will not be accessible anymore? Link to post Share on other sites
REM2000 Share Posted September 14, 2020 you can remove the drive from the case, this of course will void the warranty if it still has one. There will be videos on youtube on how to shuck / remove the drive, if you want to use the case again i recommend you be as careful as possible as there are usually lots of small hooks made out of flimsy plastic which are easy to break. Wont hurt the drive but will make the case lose and ill fitting. You should then be able to attach the drive either internally directly or place into another caddy / SATA to USB adapter. The drives are generally standard spinning HDD's 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
techbeck Share Posted September 14, 2020 Yes, like what REM2000 said. I have done this several times and got new enclosures as well. Never opened an external SSD drive so not sure about those. Link to post Share on other sites
+jnelsoninjax Author Subscriber² Share Posted September 14, 2020 OK, thanks for the replies. I am not sure that I really need to reuse the enclosure, but it can't hurt to look! Link to post Share on other sites
Mindovermaster Share Posted September 14, 2020 From my experience, MOST WD MyBooks have a controller card on them that encrypts all data. Meaning you can't just hook it up to your computer and read everything. You need a replacement controller card, or if you don't care about the data, you can reformat it in GParted. Little difficult, but you can do it. Link to post Share on other sites
+jnelsoninjax Author Subscriber² Share Posted September 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: From my experience, MOST WD MyBooks have a controller card on them that encrypts all data. Meaning you can't just hook it up to your computer and read everything. You need a replacement controller card, or if you don't care about the data, you can reformat it in GParted. Little difficult, but you can do it. This is an older drive (2016) and it is currently sitting in my dock, working just fine! Link to post Share on other sites
Mindovermaster Share Posted September 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: This is an older drive (2016) and it is currently sitting in my dock, working just fine! Yeah, the older ones didn't have that. 😛 Link to post Share on other sites
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