WD with pcb board that only goes to usb

[Aceon PC & Data Solutions]

Hi Guys,

I had a client that dropped of a wd portable external drive and when I
removed it from the case the drive doesn't have sata or ide. It goes
to a usb output.

I can't connect it to ddi and judging from the sounds it's making I
think it has some superficial damage that the ddi should be able to
handle but with this board I'm stumped.

Has anyone come across such a drive.

The model is a wd2500bmvu
250 Gig
2.5 inch drive.

cheers
Simon

[Has Bite]

Is it the WD My Passport Essential SE series?

If so, WD used a proprietary cable to connect it to USB. The connecter on the controller looks like a cross between an eSATA and a double-wide small USB?

You need the cable for the drive. The PC3000 has been upgraded to the WD's and Samsumg's that have a direct USB interface on the controller. But the Samsung HDD uses a conventional small USB connector.

The FDI has a USB port in the front of it.

But the bigger problem that I've found with these drives is that they spin up and present a "CD drive" to the computer. At this point you run a utility to decrypt the contents. Then the drive's contents are available for imaging/access.

I have brought this issue to CPRTools and they may be working the ability to deal with the "CD drive"/password issue with the next release of the firmware for their PSIClones.

If the client followed the instructions when they plugged it into the computer for the first time, they created a passphrase for the drive and installed the passphrase software on their computer. The drive doesn't come with a CD, and I couldn't find a download for this drive on WD's website (the software that lets you initiate the passphrase process). It's possible to format or delete the software from the "CD partition" of the drive. Then you are stuck.

Does this help?

m

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[Andrew Strilaeff]

Curious about the WD USB connection on the PC3K! Do you know HOW to actually connect it?

The PC3K has a flat ribbon IDE cable and various connectors that attach to it for SATA and other

drives. Is there a new connector for this USB?

 

-Andrew Strilaeff

Rescue DRL

Edmonton

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Thanks!
-Andrew Strilaeff
Edmonton, Canada
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[astri...@gmail.com]

I thought I would answer this myself, since I figured it out last
weekend.

You simply plug in the WD USB drive to your PC's USB port. Then in
PC3000 UDMA you select the WD USB setting at which point you
see a popup of local drives to select. Pick your WD USB drive.

The support is PC 3000 is very limited (eg: can't turn off heads)
however, I was able to switch over to Data Extractor and copy the
drive (but it took 3 days with the WD-USB 750GB Passport drive)

-A
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