Jan 26, 2017 wd has been doing it for years, and seagate started doing it now too past year i think. Shucking wd 10tb elements usb drives all my latest shuck drives had an issue intenteded by wd, and its the 3. I was able to shuck the drive from the enclosure and find a white label. How to open a western digital usb my book 4tb 6tb 8tb and 10tb. In addition to simplifying the backup process for both windows and mac computers, this hard drive features 256bit aes hardware encryption to ensure stored files remain secure. In the past i ran wd drives, backed up to seagate drives. Shucking opening 8tb wd elements external hard drive hdd white label red. My book 8tb vs easystore 8tb external drives for mac wd. Does somebody know which hdd is inside the new wd my book 8 tb. Wd backup sw could not find device repeatedly, even w tech support. In the above video i will show how to open the wd my book 8tb drive to get the hdd out. When i opened the mybook studio i installed the wd drive manager software, connected the mybook to the mac using. Flipping the enclosure over we see how everything is laid out inside the kit. Mybook studio 6tb problems please help wd community.
Western digital 4tb my book desktop external hard drive. Over the years i have stored photos across 5 different external drives. Like its predecessors, the wd black 6tb is designed to give an overall boost for heavier computing tasks, while offering a good cost per tb. Lets say, for the sake of argument, you want four 8tb hard drives for a home server project. The my book drive is trusted desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music and documents. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. I have a macpro with three 1tb drives and one 2tb drive installed. Warranty status on the drive shows as the entire easystore device and 2 years though. After publishing our howto guide on saving money with the toshiba 5tb 7200rpm external drives, we. Both sizes have been shown to reds, they have a removable usb to sata converter. The my book duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos, documents and music. When i opened the mybook studio i installed the wd drive manager software, connected the mybook to the. I think they use standard encryption, so you cant put data on it, then shuck it and read that data again.
Wd my book hw recognized by cpu, could manually copy files, but unable to do full backup. I recently picked up a wd mybook 8tb external usb drive with the intention of extracting the drive from the enclosure for use in our server and, not having found much about this model. The equivalent specd wd red 8tb nas hard disk drive 5400 rpm class sata 6 gbs 128mb cache 3. Our comments box is a great way for you to view other peoples feedback about products on, and add your own. I have a few smaller external drives from wd and they seemed ok. I have an ifixit pro tech toolkit for just such occasions. Apr 19, 2017 i will reformat them for mac, using carbon copy software for backup. Western digital 4tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. In todays post, ill be sharing some pictures of my shucked western digital 8tb my book external hard disk drive.
The drives are configured by default as a raid 0, which gives you the maximum amount of storage as well as fast. Switch to raid1 configuration for redundancy and to mirror data on the wd red drives inside. In order to shuck a western digital easystore, youll need a few things. Purchased two wd my book 6tb drives for consolidation and backup of photos. The 8tb my book drives are pretty cheap on amazon right now, so im tempted. This means that there is no way by looking at it wd can tell its been shucked. In the example below, a western digital external 6tb hard disk drive is. The first interesting comparison in the table below is between the my book with the 5400 rpm helioseal drive and the gtechnology gdrive with thunderbolt over usb 3. How to get premium hard drives for cheap by shucking external. For the longest time, ive had six 8tb hard drives in my nas and one. A usb typec port with all cables included makes it universally compatible supports. Besides that, they are very similar and share some features, such as 256aes encryption and wd backup software. The difference is that these have been sabotaged to not spin up without the internal sata to usb connection which is important to those shucking th see more. But no problems if you shuck the drive and reformat it.
I will reformat them for mac, using carbon copy software for backup. How to shuck a 8tb wd elements with white label drive which may be a wd redhgst helium drive to use in my synology. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. The western digital easystore is the most popular drive for shucking. Wd has been doing it for years, and seagate started doing it now too past year i think.
The satausb3 adapter card thats bolted onto the drive does hardware encryption, so when i pulled it off and hooked it up to a pc with a vanilla usb3 adapter, windows saw the drive as unpartitioned. Discussion in computer hardware started by tmathews, apr 20, 2018. Wd easyshare 8tb wd red shucking level1techs forums. I changed brands to western digital as ive been having a bad luck with seagate lately. The hard drive includes a back up program, but i found an even better free program on the western digital website. This western digital my book hard drive offers builtin 256bit hardware encryption and optional password protection for peace of mind. H0a83 1 contained wd wd80emaz white label drive, firmware 83. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your files safe. Honestly, i have 12 older wd external drives 2tb to 6tb, and 4 seagate backup plus 8tb drives. Western digital my book shucking guide get cheaper hard. I got this hard drive as ive already had 2 other seagate hard drives fail and needed another drive. Western digital has been selling these external storage devices with the highest storage capacity drives in their class for some time now the 3. A set of small screwdrivers with both phillips and torx heads.
Wd wd100emaz and wd easystore 10tb external backup drive. Using win 10 on new ssd, wd my book backup sw does not work. Shucking opening 8tb wd elements external hard drive hdd. Last week i bought the wd my book studio edition ii 6tb.
How to get premium hard drives for cheap by shucking. Some small pieces of thin plasticguitar picks work great, but if you dont play guitar, a. The wd my book 6 tb external hard drive has worked well for me. The wd my book 8tb external hard drive in black, is suitable to store massive amounts of photos, videos, music and documents. Mar 01, 2019 shucking opening 8tb wd elements external hard drive hdd white label red. All 3 were marked wdbcka0080hbknesn, all 3 said they were made in thailand. Wd uses a pair of caviar green drive mechanisms in the my book thunderbolt duo. With the ftc giving some businesses 30 days to remove the illegal warranty void if removed stickers, im not sure broken clips on an external enclosure is a legitimate reason to deny a warranty claim. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. After removing the outer shell, we find a wd100emaz 10tb white label hdd inside.
Model brand wd series my book model wdbbgb0060hbknesn performance color black interface usb 3. Save money on hdd purchases wd my book shuck pakstech. My passport comes in six different ones, while my book offers only the basic black. I started this new thread to document some of the findings with these shuckable mybook drives. Find over 30,000 products at your local micro center, including the my book 8tb usb 3. Free up space on your internal drive by transferring files to your wd elements desktop storage and get your computer moving again. Wd 10tb my book desktop external hard drive, usb 3. Wd my book 4tb is a big brother of wd my passport, in both size and storage capacity. Oct 15, 2015 last week i bought the wd my book studio edition ii 6tb. Thats the lowest price weve ever seen for this drive. Oct 09, 2018 in todays post, ill be sharing some pictures of my shucked western digital 8tb my book external hard disk drive. Preformatted ntfs for systems running windows 10, 8.
The process of shucking external hard drives keeps with that theme. Store files securely with this 4tb western digital my book hard drive. Mar 10, 2020 wd my book 4tb is a big brother of wd my passport, in both size and storage capacity. Secondly only get 8tb models, 6tb and lower are said to have wd blues in them, that are less desirable than white label reds. Mac compatible, may require reformatting before use. Sep 11, 2017 the original meaning of shucking is to remove the shuck, or outer protective layer, from food like corn and shellfish with the ultimate goal of getting to the delicious stuff inside. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. Performance benchmarks western digital my book 8tb and. This creates a minor mounting issue with my sonataiis drive sleds in that i can only install the one pair of screws.
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