Wd 3tb my book live can't be recoginezed

[JoeySmyth]

@ronthet

anyone have any tips on how to get it to show up

You have to Decrypt the hard drive first.

Apparently it can be done, decrypting the hard drive and viewing the contents … but, you’ll have to use Linux. (can’t be done in Windows)

How to decrypt a WD MyBook drive after its removed from the enclosure?

It can be done. The encryption key is stored in a block near the end of the raw disk (raw = not in the enclosure). That key is encrypted, based on your password, or if none is used, on a factory-set key. Here is a paper that describes the setup: I myself have successfully removed the 4TB drive from a MyBook Essential and installed it into my desktop. I did not reformat. Instead, I set up an encryption layer to simulate the JS528S chip that is on the MyBook’s USB-to-SATA PCB. I can do this in …