I was about to get some data recovery software when it struck me: the drive is hardware encrypted by the board on the case, even though I never set up a password, so no, no software would be able to recover any data on the disk.įortunately (maybe) I bought two MyBook Essential 1TB together: one for me, one for my mother (that never really used it). The drive worked flawlessly (no data loss yet, yay!), SMART was fine, but no partition could be found. Watched a YouTube video on how to dismantle the case (yes, I lost my warranty, it is good for nothing outside North America anyways), assembled it on a Desktop, booted up Linux for a better diagnostic of the drive. I tried all the default troubleshooting steps: change USB port, change cable, change PC, etc, Windows couldn’t recognize the drive. Yesterday, after falling from it’s table, my drive stopped working. I also have a 1-year-old kid that loves pulling cables. I have a 1TB MyBook Essential, where I store all sorts of data (important & not important).
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