Many Thanks for teh reply , so is there anyway to decrypt the data without the board , i refered to mulitple shops , they don’ t have it , and can’t solder the connector :cry: , i don’t knw why , maybe cause the connector have 3 very close solder stripes points .
Also , now new MBR is installed on first sector , if i managed to get a new board , will the existing data be affected by the MBR installed ?
The last option i have is to buy new mybook drive , just to use the board to retrieve my data , use the old drive as internal after formatting it and the new one as USB attached drive , so is it sure that any other board “of same model” will decrypt data “i.e. encryption is not tied to the old board”
I never enabled encryption by the way “Model WDBAAF0020HBK-01” , FW don’t have wdsmart or anything for encryption , it make no sense that users lose data just by having a broken connector !!!
I guess 3 TB is not an option as they may have GPT , not MBR , please validate .
NOw the question is does all pcb of the same model have same master key … just wanna make sure …
Is there a compatibility matrix for other models that have same board “my model is old 2 TB usb 2.0” i may not find a new one .
Also is installing MBR from windows disk managment utility can harm the data , i mean even if it’s damaged and i managed to decrypt the disk , i will be able to scan the disk by any utility to restore partion table , correct ?
Check the link I posted about circuit boards. The only person tat really understands them is fzabkar you can send him a PM. One last thing I remembered is fzabkar mentioned soldering fine wire to the board then soldering that to the USB port.
i’m waiting for a reply from fzabkar , but from reading some article what i get is that replaceing the pcb with other one of the same type is mandatory , but not enough …
i still have to swap BISO or main IC l … i’m i correct ?
… so i need to ask u about the best tool to detect existing partions .