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And the user can select whatever disk capacity he/she desires.ДЄnother significant advantage is that your HDD (or SSD) that you install in a USB external enclosure can always be easily removed and installed in a PC should that need arise. Rest assured the user-purchased drive will invariably prove superior to the commercial product. Then the user can purchase the HDD (or SSD) he/she wants, not the HDD that's usually installed in the commercial product. First of all, virtually any USBEHD enclosure purchased will accommodate both 2 1/2' & 3 1/2' drives. The advantages of doing so are significant. The overwhelming majority of PC users would be much better served by purchasing a USB external enclosure + a HDD/SSD for their backup/storage strategies rather than a commercial 'one-piece' unit. We stopped counting the number of users who haven't been so fortunate over the years. The OP was one of the few - very few - users who have managed this feat. It was good that the OP, tnsbond, was indeed fortunate to resurrect the data from his/her defunct commercial USB external HDD. It may trigger me and then I would have to go find a safe space. If I didn't use the correct terminology or something please don't 'roast' me or whatever. I am simply sharing what worked for me and I described it as well as I could given it's 7am and I just got home from work. Please realize I am no expert on these things. Come to think of it, I did just get some new sights for my AR15. I suspect they either did not get the correct PCB or their issue lay elsewhere.ДЄs for me, I'm getting all my files off this thing and will use it for target practice the next time I go shooting. Some people said this did them no good but I lucked out I guess. You must make sure the IC chip is the same as it is what controls the encryption.

I read where some of the revisions are compatible but why chance if it you don't have too. My advice, if you are going to try this, would be make sure you get the same #'s.

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It arrived, I installed it, and Shazam!! My HDD showed up in Windows Explorer and my files were now accessible again. Some people said this worked for them and others it did not. So let's move forward after about 12 hours of research and troubleshooting I decided to try replacing the PCB with one with matching numbers (model and Revision 4061-*** Rev AA as well as the same IC chip, which was JMS538S). Take the PCB out of the picture and your data is unreadable. As I'm sure you're aware this is due to the encryption(which is fairly weak from what I've read but enough to be a PITA nonetheless) WD so graciously added and used the PCB to do so. The drive would now spin up and was recognized in Disk Management (as unallocated data-DO NOT INITIALIZE IT!!) and in Device Manager, but not in Windows Explorer. I took the drive out out of the enclosure, removed the USB-SATA pcb, and plugged the drive directly into my desktop. The HDD was not recognized in Disk Management, Device Manager, or Windows Explorer and it would not spin up. The power light remained on (steady, never blinked) and would not shut off using the power button on the back of the enclosure or go off when I shut down my desktop. Hopefully you find it to be a good read.ДЇirst, some background on my HDD problem. Just wanted to share my recent issue with my WD My Book Essential External 2TB HDD and what fixed it for me.

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