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I have tried plugging in the harddrive to the hard drive docking station attached to my macbook as i had formatted the mybook to work with my macbook. Thanks for the photos showing how to get a wd my book essential case open. My maxtor was completely gone, however that data is on a drive at home. Oct 15, 2015 mybooklive recover data and remove case. List of all wd firmware and software available for download.
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The problem until now was, that the controller board didnt accept third party drives to function with. Western digital provides data storage solutions, including systems, hdd, flash ssd, memory and personal data solutions to help customers capture and preserve their most valued data. My unit appears to be dead when reconnecting after not using it for 6 months or so. Disassembling a western digital my book instructables.
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