WD MyBookWorkd External - recover data - Can't assign drive lettwr

I haev a 1TB WD MyBookWorld networked drive.  The drive died - light stopped working, couldn;t access drive.  I pulled the SATA drive out - used SATA-USB converter cable.  Can see the drive partitions - healthy - in Drive Manager in Windows 7 - but CAN NOT assign drive letter because “Change Drive Letter and Paths” is greyed out.

Need to access drive & recover data.

Hello,

Have you tried with a data recovery software?

My Book NAS drives of all descriptions run Linux and use Linux file systems. Check out the link below for ways to access Linux partitions in Windows.

http://www.howtoforge.com/access-linux-partitions-from-windows