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I'm thinking that I'll justД«uy two quality 1 or 2 TB drives and mount them as a Years old, so I'm beginning to think that I need to

Wd my book 3tb firewire install#

Remove one of the drives and install it in a linux box I've got a dual 1 TB worldД«ook here, and I run linux.

The drive is formatted with a linux partition, which Is the data encrypted, or is the problem really that > equivalent to the size of remaining unused space > the drive shows only as an unused partition > unformatted, do you want to format? Yikes!! NO,

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> Windows message (Mac did too) the drive is > drive and connecting directly to a computer is > use WD's disk security software), removing the > (regardless of whether or not the user elects to > Because the data on the drive is encrypted I doubt I'll ever go the WD My Book route again. The new 3TB backup drive is now mounted in a simple outboard USB3 drive enclosure. The transfer of a little under 2TB of data took nearly 12 hours to accomplish. I'll leave it to the reader to figure that out. But, I wanted to have a backup I/F board in case the 5 volt supply acted up during the transfer of data.ДЇormatting the 3TB drive beyond 2TB (in Win 7) is tricky if all available space is to be used. Ultimately, this did work for recovering the data. This replacement 3TB drive is formatted in standard NTFS and can easily be accessed without the need for WD's interface board. The replacement WD 3TB SATA drive is in the drop in USB3 drive holder. The second image shows the initial setup with the original I/F board. This time, it would be under the control of Windows instead of WD's hardware encryption. I ended up using the new 3TB SATA drive as the new backup drive. I checked the WD website and they have refurbished drives for significantly less than new. Short of sending the drive out to a disk data recovery company and at least $300, I bought another 3TB WD My Book. The next move is a total gamble with a 50/50 chance of recovering the data. In my case, it was 730GB remaining of 2.72TB total usable space.

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Even with Windows 7 disk manager, the drive shows only as an unused partition equivalent to the size of remaining unused space on the drive. You'll likely get a Windows message (Mac did too) the drive is unformatted, do you want to format? Yikes!! NO, don't format. This is what was keeping the drive from successfully mounting within Windows.Д«ecause the data on the drive is encrypted (regardless of whether or not the user elects to use WD's disk security software), removing the drive and connecting directly to a computer is useless. It's this hardware data encryption that poses the biggest problem.ДЄs the drive was spinning up and trying to mount, a few measurements revealed the 5 volt supply was dipping to around 3 volt intermittently. The other function is to convert the incoming data stream into some kind of proprietary (hardware) encrypted data which it writes to the drive and subsequently reads and translates back to real world usable data. It takes the 12V and through a switching power supply makes 5V for the drive and internal electronics. The first image is a view of the original I/F board on the right and the new style on the left. But, I'm not so sure of the quality they use in making the interface/power supply board. You may be able to rescue your data or you may lose it all.

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I'll leave it to the reader to search how to open the My Book drive and what comes next. Reading the data, well, that was another matter. The physical removal of the drive is easy. I decided to open the My Book and remove the drive and hot wire it to the USB port. Naturally, I worried that kind of torture would ultimately lead to a crash and take all my photo archives along with it. This would go on for nearly 5 minutes before the drive finally would mount to the computer. Upon connecting to the 12V power source, the drive would spin, head positioner would start moving and moving and moving with no mounting of the drive taking place. This is my second disaster involving a WD 'My Book'.ДЇor a few months, it was taking the poor 4 year old 3TB WD My Book what seemed like an eternity to spin up and get connected with my computer.

Wd my book 3tb firewire archive#

members archive their camera images to either a Western Digital or Seagate outboard USB type drive.