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 Post subject: WD Charger WD20SMZW
PostPosted: February 7th, 2026, 13:58 
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Hi Guys

Does this Charger WD20SMZW-11YFCS0 have encryption in CPU ?
or not?

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 Post subject: Re: WD Charger WD20SMZW
PostPosted: February 7th, 2026, 16:29 
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WD20SMZW-11YFCS0 has encryption by MCU.
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 Post subject: Re: WD Charger WD20SMZW
PostPosted: February 7th, 2026, 16:30 
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That is an old 2TB hard disk. It seems to be a USB 3.0 interface which is why donor disks may be hard to find and very expensive.

USB disks are notorious for being locked out of the ROM and trying to find an unlocked logic board will be very difficult.

Worse, I believe this model of disk may be a shingled design which makes writes slower than conventional disks.

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