…my WD Book Essential 2TB dies on me as well.
I did not set any pasword and on Windows 7 the external drive will not show up anymore after it got disconnected.
On a Linux Laptop it shows up, turns itself off after a few seconds, shows up again for a few seconds and turns itself off again. I managed to copy a few dato off of it but most of the part is still on that disc.
I disassambeld the dis just to connect it with a USB3 SATA/USB3 combined port on my Laptops (Windows and Linux) but there was nothing to bee seen. Thats when i started researching what the problem was on the internet and ended up here.
**First of all let me state something to the guys at WesternDigital. **
Since i had to open up the enclosure of that external drive and unscrew the platine… i had the “chance” to see what kind of ■■■■ and corroded componets were used in that WD external drive. I have a very old 20 MD harddisc that shwos NO SIGNS of any corrosion what so ever. But the crapy WD My Book Essential drive and platine is extremly corroded / oxidized.
I don’t know what the problem is with these faulty external drives but let me tell you this. I WOULD ME DEEPLY ASHAMED IF I WERE WORKING AT WesternDigital for puting such a faulty cheap ■■■■ so extreemly overprised on other humen beeings at a time where it is well known that most of us DO STORE SENSITIVE and IMPORTANT (taxation , legal, etc) stuff on such EXTERNAL drive in hope of investing a lot of $$ to keep our data.
On the Internet on YouTube are so many frustrated customers who have many problems becaus of you $$ hungry shameful peaple!!!
I would like WD to take responsibility for that failty corrosive ■■■■ since you have signed contracts with your manufacturers and you and they DO HAVE INSURENCE
for such cases.
Support at least customers with solid informations f. e (you can use the same platine with such serial numbers, if you do not have set a password you can recover data this way or we pay THOMAS for helping so many peaple remotly (hopefuly me as well) … etc. etc.
And let me be super clear on that. I and my family and my clients WILL NEVER EVER IN OUR LIVETIME (and beyond) buy ANDY WesterDigital products again. DID YOU READ THAT? THYNK YOU FOR MAKING OUR LIVES SO FRUSTRATED and the pain and the time and money wasted of findung a solution sits deeply also in my gut for a very very long time. It’s a SHAME that a company producing harddrive for such a long time wet that way!!
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So Thomas i as well would need your help on this one. And i do pay you directly for your time.
Where i’m @ in this case:
I have read the pdf, i have a crapy 2TB WD ED20EARS disc with two partitions on it 980 MB Fat (thats what is important ) and the rest a EXT4 BU images (nobody cares about).
The chip on my USB/SATA Bridge platine is a symvave SG6316
I have two Laptops (onw Win 7 and one with a Linux Distro i can change). Both have a USB3 port, and both do have a combined extSATA/USB3 Port.
Would it be saver to use a Desktop (i would have to pick mine up from the storage) because of the fact that my WD turn itself on & of every few seconds.
Can i read the last Sectors at this stage with a nice .sh script or is it too dangerous at this stage and would rather create more pain than do any good???
Thx Thomas and Eveybody so far…