Feb 03, 2016 hard drive magnets came in handy when the latch on glove compartment door of my 2003 vw jetta broke internally. Sep 06, 2019 click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device. Remove one screw securing the mobile wwan broadband module. Western digital my book essential 2tb removing the sata. Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. How do i safely remove usb hardware drives, when it. This is a dead no longer functioning western digital mybook usb external hard disk drive. Get a hammer either one lying around your house or at a hardware store and smash your drive with it until the drive s broken into thousands of tiny pieces. This is a dead no longer functioning western digital mybook. Sep 10, 2007 therefore, i removed the my book drive from its enclosure and installed it in my desktop second bay, replacing a wd 160 mb drive used for backup in the desktop computer. Epoxied one to the door and one to the frame, and the door stayed closed, nice and. There is nothing special you need to know about rebuilding it. If you decide to put it back together, just follow the steps in the reverse order.
How to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious. Put the my book up on its end, the long rubber feet down. Then, you can restart computer to see whether the wd hard drive is recognized by windows 10. Prior to installation, i put the jumper on pins 1 and 2, same as the old 160 mb drive. Just last week we tore down the surface pro 4, the tablet that can allegedly replace your laptop. The samsung ativ book 9 lites internal circuit board is mainly made up of two parts. Today weve got the surface book, a laptop that can, ehrm, replace the tablet that replaced your laptop. Fourth, remove the four screws holding the hard drive in place and remove the hard drive. This is the forum for my book live, while you seem to have just the my book. Wd smartware wd smartware is another great tool for recuperating access to your hard drive.
Inside the disk itself was a western digital no surprises there wd5000aaks drive. Locate the two rubber pads on the bottom of the enclosure near the front, curved surface. On a mac, you can do this in disk utility under the erase tab. Wd my book fall 2016 disassembly with card, without broken. While the mybook lives bookshaped chassis is nice, the clips preventing it from opening are not. I spent my drive home yesterday repeating prayers of deliverance from the schemes of the enemy, who comes to steal, kill and destroy. Wd reliability millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. Mar 06, 2020 in addition, the system supports my book, my book, my book for mac, my book duo, my passport, my passport ultra wd backup, my passport ultra metal, my passport for mac, my passport for mac, and my passport air. How to take apart an imac and replace its hard drive tested.
Dec 04, 2011 in this video i show you how i removed the 2tb western digital wd20earx drive from its external usb 23 enclosure to be left with a bare 2tb sata drive ready for use in my unraid server. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive duration. If the case looks drastically different and you are nervous about damaging your hard drive, dont be. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number.
Unfortunately i found, like others, that taking motors out of trashed drives is a hit and miss proposition. Disassembly of a cd rom drive after bench testing my first converted cd rom motor, i was so enthused with the results that i wanted to build another. How to destroy your old hard drive popular mechanics. Click disk drives and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark with wd hard drive disk device. If you set the security password on the drive, you will be prompted for it if you connect the drive to a different computer. Select the dead hard disk on mac where your data got lost. Hard drive magnets came in handy when the latch on glove compartment door of my 2003 vw jetta broke internally. How to recover files from mac hard drive now, free download this mac drive recovery software and take the below steps to recover files from damaged hard drive on mac. Then do that every time theres a bad sector after a very thorough 36pass random 01 format. I recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. If you also happen to think that the drive inside that enclosure runs too hot, this video also shows you how to put the drive in. Stop and go driving school maintains a 48 hour cancellation policy.
How to dismantle a western digital mybook pro edition hard drive. Sep 11, 20 do you have a 2tb western digital my passport 2. The hp elitebook revolve 810 g1 comes with a samsung 8gb ddr3l1600mhz memory, hp pn. Yes, i to am a casualty from this western digital wd5000co32 my book rubbish drive. Microphones for podcasts, livestreams, vlogs, and virtual meetings. Aug 20, 2014 before i paralyzed my drive, i spun the platters one last time to wipe the data. Eckhardt the beautiful prayer to be a psalm 112 believer and claiming the promises within. Or at least the link you provided, it refers to the usb external drive. Cd rom drive disassembly step 5 contd the plastic cd tray can be pulled straight out the front of the drive. This ending up damaging the hard disk causing me a lot of data lost.
Hp elitebook revolve 810 g1 disassembly and ssd, ram upgrade. Western digital mybook open case recover data scott. Guide how to unbrick a totally dead mbl my book live wd. Liberate your western digital 8tb drive from its mybook. Western digital mybook open case recover data scott cramer. Wd my book fall 2016 disassembly with card, without.
Hard drive disassembly is easy and rewarding hackaday. Push locking tab down with screw driver pink and insert another red to torque the two clam shells apart. It is full to the brim 500gb worth of music files vids etc. The art of sideshow collectibles star wars figures. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive. Theres certainly no guarantee that youll also get the hgst variant, even if you do find the drive locally. This is a partition on the my book drive that contains the software that will allow you to unlock the drive. There are some tabs on the bottom of the drive that hold it in, press them in with your screw driver and the cover will come off. Slowly work around the clips, while opening the back, otherwise you risk breaking these. Luckily, some of the necessary data already been backing up on another nas synology 2bay drive. The drive stil turns on but xp only recognises it as wd m. Before doing this, insert the drive into a cloth bag so the pieces dont go flying everywhere. The drive stil turns on but xp only recognises it as wd m model external usb device. The my book drive s builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security tools helps keep your content private and safe.
How to recover files from dead mac hard drive updated in. The drive motor could be taken out with the tray in place, but it provides more room to work and lets you see more of the other hardware if its removed. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. Its the first ever notebook from microsoft, and with its trick detachable display and pressuresensitive surface pen, it defies categorizationbut not teardownification. In the first part of this disassembly guide i will show how to take apart the notebook base. Western digital my book essential edition 500 gb usb 2. Sep 22, 2012 how to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious.
Need help getting into the case of a my book 3,5 external harddrive case. While the mybook lives book shaped chassis is nice, the clips preventing it from opening are not. If you also happen to think that the drive inside that enclosure runs too hot, this brief howto video will also guide you through the process of placing the drive in another enclosure with a fan and an esata port. Sep 14, 20 several weeks ago, when cleaning the house, i am accidentally drop my wd mybook world when trying to rearrange its location in the house. How to dismantle a western digital mybook pro edition hard. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your di gital life. Jan 04, 2007 nevermind, answering my own question, there are two tabs holding the book pages to the spine, you can see them in caffiendos pics, you can push them down to release the pages from the cover with a small flathead screwdriver. Disassembling a western digital my book instructables. Page 21 my book drive icon provides a graphic representation and name of the my book drive connected to your computer. How to disassemble a wd mybook essential hdd snapguide. Find your wd mbl drive with the four mentioned partitions.
Select the dead mac hard drive first, you should make a selection of the lost files recovery path and scan decision. Ever wanted to take apart your western digital my book enclosure. Pick the fourth big partition, which contains all the data and create a. Before i paralyzed my drive, i spun the platters one last time to wipe the data. So here you go, the steps required to disassemble a newstyle western digital my book drive enclosure. Whilst i could find a how to for a lot of models i couldnt find one that covered dismantling the mybook pro edition the one pictured here. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. Get a hammer either one lying around your house or at a hardware store and smash your drive with it until the drives broken into thousands of tiny pieces. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books.
How to dismantle a western digital my passport external hard. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. How to dismantle a western digital my passport external. Closing explorer will always free up my 500gb, but almost never my 2tb in fact i nearly always have to reboot to clear the larger drive, because it remains in use even with all windows. Pry a flathead screw driver into the top right hand corner, then pull it outwards slightly. Recovering data from a wd mybook live 2tb 3tb or similar.
Guide how to unbrick a totally dead mbl my book live. Remove the last 4 screws on the side of the actual hard. Once done, divide the remnants up into multiple bags and. How to unlock a wd external drive without a password ccm. If you fail to cancel a drive less than 48 hours before your scheduled drive or are a noshow for a. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, leftclick the icon for the one that you want to use for backup, retrieve, and drive management functions. I have removed the drive and connected it to my computer and can see the drive using linux reader. Plug your removed wd nas hard drive and the ntfsformatted hard drive with enough free space to a pc with linuxos. Slide the clear plastic led front panel conduit forward and remove. Hp elitebook revolve 810 g1 disassembly and ssd, ram.
How to fully disassemble a western digital mybook essential edition external hdd owen dowell. As always, be careful, use a set of highquality tools, and be certain to backup the data on your my book hard drive. Full disassembly of hp 15 notebook pc inside my laptop. Not sure if folks are getting the hitachi helium enterprise drive when going with best buy online orders either. In this video i show you how i removed the 2tb western digital wd20earx drive from its external usb 23 enclosure to be left with a bare 2tb sata drive ready for use in my unraid server. The one is the motherboard, and the other is the small circuit board on the left, they are connected with a cable, on which you can see the words of sub and main, so you wont connect them wrongly. Opening a wd my book external hdd case guide duration. There are four inner clips in the back, 2 on each side of the chassis. Again my drive showed that it was unformat in windows and in linux which we tried later after removing the hard drive from its case. Dismantle that internal hurdle and the external ones become far more scalable.
Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Sep 16, 2011 closing explorer will always free up my 500gb, but almost never my 2tb in fact i nearly always have to reboot to clear the larger drive, because it remains in use even with all windows. I also think i have had the problem of a firmware update bricking my drive, white light and no dashboard. How many people are going to use this tutorial to buy a tiny, cheap my book, and a 1tb my book, then swap the drives and return the expensive one with the tiny hard drive in it. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password. One thing to mention right at the start is that the usb 3. Unshakeable, blessed, steadfast, righteous, and generous. Instructions to disassemble a western digital mybook essentials usb external hard disk drive. How to take apart an imac and replace its hard drive. Mar 09, 2007 yes, i to am a casualty from this western digital wd5000co32 my book rubbish drive. My my book studio 1tb drive stopped mounting properly but the actual hard disk sounded fine, so i managed to get it out of the case after an hour of prying around and put it into a g5 powermac at work. Therefore, i removed the my book drive from its enclosure and installed it in my desktop second bay, replacing a wd 160 mb drive used for backup in the desktop computer. In addition, the system supports my book, my book, my book for mac, my book duo, my passport, my passport ultra wd backup, my passport ultra metal, my passport for mac, my passport for mac, and my passport air.
Much of zuckerbergs limitless drive to make facebook successful was an. How to take apart and recover faulty external hard drive tested. Youll need a thin flathead screwdriver and a phillips star shaped screwdriver. Depress the two tabs below using a small flathead screwdriver. How to take apart a western digital my book enclosure. How to take apart and recover faulty external hard drive. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive.
Today i will walk you through a full disassembly of hp 15 notebook pc aka 250255256 g5 notebook pc. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive i recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. I have not used linux very much and i would like to copy the data that was on it but cant work out which directory it is stored in. Remove one screw securing the ssd and take it out from its slot. Theres really no way for it to accidentally come off, yet its still easily removed with the right tools. Pick the fourth big partition, which contains all the data and create a disk image of it. Opening a wd my book external hdd case guide youtube. Several weeks ago, when cleaning the house, i am accidentally drop my wd mybook world when trying to rearrange its location in the house.
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