WD40EZRX - No Power; need help what to do

[nikitaluger]

I tried to desolder the Left TVS diode with my soldering iron but it was too difficult and I didn't wanted to risk destroying other components so I had no choice but to use a nail clipper to remove the diode.

The HDD is now working but the data is not read properly.

I used a generic enclosure to test the HDD... So I guess the HDD was encrypted... Is there a way for me to be able to make the date in the HDD readable?

Connect to an identical USB board from another WD enclosure.

Is the HDD really encrypted? I mean I didn't use any of the softwares included inside the HDD. Is there a possibility that the data has been slightly corrupted and just need some sort of software to fix?

I guess my question would be... how would I know if the files inside the HDD is encrypted or not? I don't want to buy or crack someone's WD MyBook enclosure without finding out first.

[nikitaluger]

I tried using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free and it was able to scan some files/folders in the HDD. I don't think this is a good way to recover my files but at least it's there... if there's just a method to just fix the MBR or something and make the HDD work like normal again.

[fzabkar]

The drive is not encrypted. Windows and EaseUS cannot understand the file system for the reasons that I explained in my earlier post, namely that the sector sizes do not match.

465.75 gibibytes x 8 = 3726 gibibytes

Just buy another WD PCB from a 3TB+ My Book (not an Essentials), or hunt through your trash.

[nikitaluger]

ok I just confirmed that the HDD is not encrypted. I used testdisk and was able to successfully copy files out of the HDD.

Warning: number of bytes per sector mismatches 4096 (NTFS) != 512 (HD)

I don't want to mess it up when I'm this close to making a 100% recovery. Can someone please guide me on how to change the sector size form 512 to 4096?

and how to correct the size boot_sector error.

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[nikitaluger]

Since I was able to extract the files inside the HDD with the testdisk, I'll just use the software to copy all the files I could get out of the HDD. Thank you so much for everyone's patience and help with this issue.

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