WD Thunderbolt Duo drives in 3rd party RAID enclosure

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I have been given a WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo (2 drives - 4TB total) to use for a job. I don’t have a Thunderbolt port so I am wondering if I can insert these two hard drives into an empty 2 bay RAID enclosure.

The Thunderbolt Duo, unlike its predecessors, uses software RAID and seems to be managable using the WD Utilities software and/or Disk Utility. So it seems to be that if I connect these drives to my computer using another enclosure (over USB 3) then I should be able to read the existing data, which is using RAID 0.

I’m about to buy a 2 bay RAID enclosure so I read the data on the Thunderbolt Duo drives (WD Green Caviar). Before I do so, I want to make sure they can actually be read using either the WD Utilities software or Disk Utility.

Thanks!

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Hello, unfortunately that is not possible, if you place the internal hard drives in another enclosure, you will need to format them before your can use them. 

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Hi Ichigo,

Thank you for your response.

What enclosures will I need to access the date on these drives?

For example, a WD My Book Live Duo 4TB?