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Originally Posted by Mr_Draco
If it's an external hard drive, take the drive out and install it in your computer first if you have the connections available inside your case. .
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O.P. The converter allows you to connect just about any bare drive to the USB port on any computer, and you don't have to take apart your computer (Laptop?). The one I linked in post #7 is $8 free shipping. I'd do that or as Mr Draco suggested long before I stuck the thing in a freezer, since the drive is probably working anyway just like my son's was (also a WD).
Edit: I too tried to find a same model to get the circuit board out of. Problem is WD uses multiple vendors and the drive/boards installed are constantly changing. One that looks just like it could have a completely different drive in it. I was never able to find one with the exact same model numbers/drive/or the board itself before his friend hooked us up with the converter. Problem solved and for just a few dollars. Plus if I should ever have another hard drive I'd like to test or access without opening up the computer I already have the converter.