Btw, a more personal note:
While I know in the end it was my fault,
I’m absolutely surprised and disappointed in WD.
Western Digital knows this pitfall for more than 10 years.
I bought mine 6 years after fzabkar notes.
And still they sell this drive with the same PLUG.
The drive constructed to be used on a desk, less than 1m near a laptop (USB cord).
And the only other power-cord on this desk has the same plug, looks exactly the same and destroys the drive completely.
