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

I put my tutorial here.

Notes:

  • If you connect the bare drive to Windows, it will automatically corrupt the MBR and partition table.
  • Tools for password recovery are not included.
  • I am looking for more JMS538S keyblocks for a project. If you have such a drive, please send me your keyblock (and password, if any) and a copy of your sector 0.
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