I have an older model (not at home right now, so can’t post exactly what model it is) 500G Mybook. It has been running fine, I have been really happy with it.
This weekend, I accidentally hit the “lock” button on the back of it. Now it is locked, and I can’t get to the data. I have tried plugging it into several devices (Playstation 3, WD Live, Laptop) and none of them even acknowledge that the drive is plugged in. I get nothing asking for a password or anything.
I never set up a password on it, and think I deleted the software on the drive.
So…how hosed am I? Is there ANY way to retrieve the data? Please say yes!!!
if you need the files out, you’d need to pull the drive out of the enclosure. that would void original warranty but since you are saying that this is the old unit, you might not have any warranty on it no more.
try it in enother enclosure (just generic usb enclosure, not another WD mybook), or connect your drive as secondary to your PC