Hello to everyone,
it happend also to me: MyBook Essentials just shut down and it does not power up anymore. I guess it has to be the sata/usb interface which takes care also of the encryption of the data on the HDD. Since the drive is encrypted, rescueing it is more difficult.
Model and serial of the disk are
P/N: WDBACW0010HBK-01 4912B
S/N: WMC0T0895079 R/N C3C
while the inside controller has the following labels:
CIA1UAD03481202857
4061-705094-001 Rev AD
After some “google”-ing I found this and two other open threads:
https://community.wd.com/t/two-wd-essential-pcb-boards-destroyed-need-help/5950/2
https://community.wd.com/t/how-to-decrypt-a-wd-mybook-drive-after-its-removed-from-the-enclosure/146588
So, there is some hope to recover the data if I can get a replacement for usb/sata interface. The question is, where can I get one? Wherever I could find one, it was out of stock. The marked of used MyBook Essentials is also empty.
Any suggestions? Any helpful information is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Miran
