I purchased this drive about 6 weeks ago (2 TB) and it stopped working first thing in the morning. I was frustrated and fairly concerned b/c it was my backup drive and I had 400 GB of video on it.
I figured that the hard drive would be fine - it was that controller. The problem (later discovered), is that the controller encrypts the data as it is written to the drive - so - you can’t plug in a generic controller and get the data…here is the work around for that small problem
Glad it worked for you not everyone is that lucky… For next time keep in mind that if you have a real backup (The same data is on at least 2 separate places) then there’s no risk of data loss and no need to repair the drive, just replace it.
…finally - another enclosure arrived for the second my book essential. This is the changeout and the riddance of WD controllers - anyone really need a working controller for this exact problem? Post your video here and I"ll send it to you.
