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bigfrog   11-05-2009 at 10:23:01 AM

Hi All

My WD 120gb external hard drive wont open with windows which tells me it is corrupted & unreadable.
I have important information & family photo's within it.
Can anybody help me recover this drive.

TTFN

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Bronze Storage badge evongugg   11-05-2009 at 02:21:00 PM
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You may be able to open the enclosure and remove the drive and hook it up to a computer directly. Your problem could be a bad enclosure.

How to open a Western Digital MyBook

1. http://www.instructables.com/id/Ho [...] SB-Drive./

2. http://carltonbale.com/2008/01/wes [...] the-drive/

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