Hello,
I face a problem (which unfortunately seems to be quite common with WD external drives) : I have a WD MyBook 4 TB usb 3.0 external drive. Since yesterday, it does not appear to explorer but it appears in disk management as "unallocated", having the correct space (3.64 TB), and also it makes the normal reading noise and its light is constantly on (no blinking). I tried to use programs like testdisk or Minitool Partition Wizard to restore the damaged table/partition, but they could not do it. I have 3 tb of data in there, so my next try will be to open the case and use a USB-to-SATA converter (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CPGYNV4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to mount the drive on my laptop via SATA-usb (I do not have a desktop computer). I also read that WD used to hardware encrypt its disks, so in case the sata-usb adapter does not work, I may suspect that the PCB of the drive may have failed. So, I may order and replace the old PCB with an identical new one and I hope my drive will work again! What do you think of my plan ?
I face a problem (which unfortunately seems to be quite common with WD external drives) : I have a WD MyBook 4 TB usb 3.0 external drive. Since yesterday, it does not appear to explorer but it appears in disk management as "unallocated", having the correct space (3.64 TB), and also it makes the normal reading noise and its light is constantly on (no blinking). I tried to use programs like testdisk or Minitool Partition Wizard to restore the damaged table/partition, but they could not do it. I have 3 tb of data in there, so my next try will be to open the case and use a USB-to-SATA converter (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CPGYNV4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to mount the drive on my laptop via SATA-usb (I do not have a desktop computer). I also read that WD used to hardware encrypt its disks, so in case the sata-usb adapter does not work, I may suspect that the PCB of the drive may have failed. So, I may order and replace the old PCB with an identical new one and I hope my drive will work again! What do you think of my plan ?