hm… you linked the present thread.
Found a discussion here talking about such a non-encrypted version, but they can’t find it.
I didn’t find such a thing back in the store today either; nor on newegg. It’s perhaps reserved for another country/market as said in the link above.
Anyway, I decided not to extract the drive, and I returned it intact (no restocking fees too).
After reading many other discussions (which I should have done thoroughly beforehand, mea culpa), I’d rather distance myself from this kind of product (which might be acceptable to other though). I might reconsider if the non-encrypted version is made available, or if the encryption can be disabled on some other future model (which I doubt will happen).
I’ll accept message #4 as a “solution”, for the “research a bit more before you buy” bit, which I usually do, but sometimes one strays from rational behavior (no dire consequences in this case, happily).
(But I still maintain WD’s official documentation is misleading – e.g. the 2 examples in message #3)
Thanks again, and have a good day.
