I know WD has been clamping down on shucking capabilities lately, by requiring the drives to use their proprietary USB interface - more so on the MyBooks, but I don’t know bout the Elements series.

Is this worth getting to shuck? And what model drive is usually inside?

Thanks!

-– DS

  • Far_Marsupial6303BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if they still do this, but MyBook* used to use encryption on their interface, preventing use of the drives outside the enclosure. Not an issue if you’re planning to format the drive outside the enclosure.

    *AFAIK, this is still true for 2.5" portables, which also have the USB interface integrated into the mainboard.