wd my book external hard drive will not power off

Wd my book external hard drive will not power off serial number#
Wd my book external hard drive will not power off software#

If it doesn't spin, you might get lucky trying to find the exact drive (going to be pretty difficult since its originally in an enclosure) and replacing the PCB.

Wd my book external hard drive will not power off software#

There is some software that can attempt (with varying degrees of success) to grab the data, if the drive spins up without the click of death.

If the drive still doesn't mount after that you've got real problems, problems that will probably require sending the drive off to data recovery experts. If the enclosure is what died, the drive will mount using a dock (or a sata->usb adapter). I wouldn't worry about anything you've heard about using DOS commands. You can probably wedge something like a putty knife along one of the long edges in that last picture, then try and pry it open. I would open it up with the intention of never using that enclosure again, so if you break the enclosure getting the drive out, it isn't a big deal. Docks are about $30 give or take a few and you'd know right away if the disk or the enclosure is dead. The disk inside should be a regular 2.5' notebook hard drive. Looks to me like you can get that enclosure open. Turns out her stuff wasn't $2000 important to her My sister had a hd die with some important stuff on it a few years ago, and I believe she was quoted $2000. If you open it up, they will not honor it's warranty.ĭata recovery when a drive won't mount is always very expensive. They will charge you a ton for data recovery, so if you really need the data read on. So unless you absolutely have to get that data back, I'd just send it in for warranty. WX61C10A1334 WDBABV7500ABK-PESN In Limited Warranty †

Wd my book external hard drive will not power off serial number#

Important edit: Since I thought I could read the serial number on your drive, I went to WD's warranty check page and selected Singapore. They are the problematic hard drive, hope it helps you to understand a bit more, Heard It will probably require DOS commands to talk to the drive by passing OS. how much would it be at where you are?ĭock/ adapter to read HD? you cannot really do it without having a new enclosure? (I'm not familiar with this except I did put 2.5 hard drive into some enclosure 5 years ago and I think that enclosure died whereas HD was ok) I'm in Singapore and seems a data recovery will cost at least a grant (US 750 bucks). and a data recovery is an only option (no reason for him to lie because he don't offer the service or cannot rip me off unless he is inexperienced.). according to a staff there, this paticular enclosure cannot be replaced. also with a different computer (pc only though) and it didn't work. I have tried a new data transfer cable without any luck at a computer shop today.