I've put the drive back in the enclosure, and I'm trying to recover the files again. Turns out that the enclosure uses hardware encryption, rendering most file recovery utilities useless. I've had this happen before, so I removed the drive and went after my files using a direct sata connection and testdisk (file/partition recovery tool).
Pros: It was free, but I suppose you get what you pay for.Ĭons: Drive died after about 6 months, taking several thousand family photos with it (vacations, my wedding, etc.). This is normal, but my goodness, they should have listed it as a 940GB drive rather than a TB. Only 930GB usable / 1TB = 1024gb, thats 94GB missing. I usually only access stuff on a drive 1-2 times in a month, so I just unplug the usb cable from the computer, it stays off until I need it, no unnecessary wear. Overall Review: -The drive seems to endure unnecessary wear & tear, turn your computer on, it powers on, about 30mins later it turns itself off, go to turn your computer off or it goes to sleep, the drive powers on, stalls windows while it cycles, then powers back off with the machine. Though it looks cool from the top, the whole inside is lit up :P The indicator lights on the front are an eye sore, they bleed into each other. Power button on the back takes so much force to push, its far easier and safer just to unplug the usb cable.
#WD MY BOOK ESSENTIAL 1TB TAKE AP INSTALL#
(you can just disable it with the software once you install it if you want to use it later) Luckily you can just delete that hidden 1GB partition in manage disks and voila no more annoyance. I installed it to check it out, it added FOUR processes in taskmanager.
The software will bug constantly to install everytime you restart your machine.
Pros: -Fast for external, moved about 250GB in about 1 1/2 hoursĬons: -Like with 95% of external drives, software, software, software.
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