I can not see or access MyBookWorld drive on my new computer running Windows Sorry I have no idea how to set this up. My ex used to do this kind of thing for me. I need simple steps please. Thank you. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Anderson S. My name is Anderson Souza. I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you, I'll be glad to help you today. You can try to follow the steps in below article and see if it solves your problem. How satisfied are you with this reply?
Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Anderson S. On my new machine there is no plug to put the small plug from the drive into. The drive does not show up on Windows 10 at all. I do have the admin password for the old machine.
I am fairly sure that when my ex set this up - he did it over the web. Second, use your hands to lift up the front of the metal insides. Lift the front up until it is high enough to pull the back out of the mesh. Third, remove the two screws holding the sata controller in place. Then slide the sata controller down to remove it. Fourth, remove the four screws holding the hard drive in place and remove the hard drive. Now the enclosure is fully taken apart. If you decide to put it back together, just follow the steps in the reverse order.
There is nothing special you need to know about rebuilding it. Tip 2 years ago. For anyone wanting to know this in , you cannot read or write to the HDD from outside of the enclosure, unless you wipe it. Thanks Eddie. Reply 5 months ago. Not necessarily I'm assuming. I tried this on my 1 TB model which happened to have a WD green in it and put it in a different enclosure, can access my files just fine.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction. Reply 2 years ago. I know this is old, but for anyone wanting to know this in - no. You cannot read or write to the HDD from outside of the enclosure, unless you wipe it.
No prying needed. There are two tabs you need to depress with a philips screwdriver and the case slides off. Reply 5 years ago. I got this thing apart and put a 3TB drive in there. I had to first format the drive in my computer, but it's working great now! Thank you! Western Digital has changed the hardware over the years.
Some drives have proprietary connections on them usually just switched pins on the connector, but could be more that prevent the drive from being accessed using a standard SATA connection.
They did this to prevent the drives from being removed from external enclosures and used as internal drives — because the internal drives are usually sold at a higher price than external drives.
I have stumbled upon this guide and first of all thanks for taking time to describe the issues and fixes. I understand this is a problem with the encryption, however my board external case — not PCB looks like it is burned and I am unable to recover it. Do you think that if I buy another MyBook Essential drive with different parameters ie. Would the encryption key be stored on my drive and work with other USB boards? So far I have used a third party to replace my PCB board and transfer bios but it looks like this might have not been the issue.
Any further explanation or information on this that you might have and could help me, would be grately appriciated. I am unable to afford proper data recovery as it costs too much for me to handle. Mike, your best bet is to get a working version of the exact same model, from ebay or elsewhere, and put your drive in that enclosure.
Some WD will be the same as yours, but others will be different. Your other option is to send the drive to a data recovery service. Good luck! You might be able to do that upgrade. Or find a third-party enclosure and add whatever drive you want. Hi, thanks for your guide. That newer version may not have a jumper. But after I placed it in a new dock and plug it into my mac, it prompts me to reformat the disk. What can I do to get my data out from this point?
Please help! Thank you. Did you purchase the exact same model number Western Digital external drive, remove the new drive, and install the old drive? That is your only option to overcome the encryption chip. The chip has to be identical between the external enclosures. Hi, I have a My Book for Mac 3TB which works fine until i had to remove the drive and use it in another project and then tried to put it back in its enclosure.
Have I missed a step in preparing the drive to be reinserted?
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