Hello all -
Found some great information on these boards, and I wanted to submit my specific situation for consideration. Seems like there are quite a few members (attn: fzabkar!) who are knowledgable about this specific subject. Here are the details:
My WD My Book Essential Caviar Green drive was connected to a USB hub with an incorrect, overpowered power supply. One hard drive and a mouse were fried, the other HD was miraculously spared. When I plugged the hub into my MacBook Pro Laptop, it caused the laptop to reset but it is seemingly ok, as are the two USB ports.
The My Book Essential Drive still lights and spins when plugged in, but cannot be read by any system. I cracked open the housing to discover the PCB board and the other circuit board in there showed visible signs of damage.
A few photos are at this link: http://imgur.com/uF4Orpb,jt13LmK,JK8h2tN#0
My questions to you guys are the following:
If the drive still spins but the PCB is cooked, what are the chances that data is still there?
If I replace the PCB board, what are the chances I can access my data?
While the board appears damaged, the electronics on the drive itself seem fine. Is this a good, bad, or irrelevant sign?
This is my primary Time Machine backup, but also had a few other files on it. The problem is I can't exactly remember what is on there, and don't want to spend a fortune to recover it.
QUICK UPDATE:
I was able to get the drive to be seen by Mac's disk Utility using a USB Sata connector.
It says the following:
Disk Description : WDC WD20 WD-WCAZA8794644 Media Total Capacity : 2 TB (2,000,398,934,016 Bytes)
Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
USB Serial Number : 7CA0A8794644 Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
Appreciate your help!
Thanks,
Matt
Found some great information on these boards, and I wanted to submit my specific situation for consideration. Seems like there are quite a few members (attn: fzabkar!) who are knowledgable about this specific subject. Here are the details:
My WD My Book Essential Caviar Green drive was connected to a USB hub with an incorrect, overpowered power supply. One hard drive and a mouse were fried, the other HD was miraculously spared. When I plugged the hub into my MacBook Pro Laptop, it caused the laptop to reset but it is seemingly ok, as are the two USB ports.
The My Book Essential Drive still lights and spins when plugged in, but cannot be read by any system. I cracked open the housing to discover the PCB board and the other circuit board in there showed visible signs of damage.
A few photos are at this link: http://imgur.com/uF4Orpb,jt13LmK,JK8h2tN#0
My questions to you guys are the following:
If the drive still spins but the PCB is cooked, what are the chances that data is still there?
If I replace the PCB board, what are the chances I can access my data?
While the board appears damaged, the electronics on the drive itself seem fine. Is this a good, bad, or irrelevant sign?
This is my primary Time Machine backup, but also had a few other files on it. The problem is I can't exactly remember what is on there, and don't want to spend a fortune to recover it.
QUICK UPDATE:
I was able to get the drive to be seen by Mac's disk Utility using a USB Sata connector.
It says the following:
Disk Description : WDC WD20 WD-WCAZA8794644 Media Total Capacity : 2 TB (2,000,398,934,016 Bytes)
Connection Bus : USB Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : External S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
USB Serial Number : 7CA0A8794644 Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
Appreciate your help!
Thanks,
Matt
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