This drive failed me circa 2013, and I’ve kept it to remind me of the importance of data management.

It had a wedding on it.

I want to know if anyone has any insight on how to power the disk without attaching that separate attachment (pictured)

I wanted to try plugging the SATA cable straight into the computer, but the drive is powered through the power cable attached to the external piece.

I’m also a complete novice, so excuse my ignorance.

Device (WD 3TB HDD, Nasware 2.0, WD30EFRX)

  • msdesignfotoBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Those NAS devices are just boxes with a regular HDD inside.

    This has happened to me at home, and lately at my work.

    I use UFS Explorer recovery software to read the special partitions the hard drive has and to copy the files somewhere else. After that, you can just format the hard drive and use it on your computer as a storage space. Or get a hard drive rack and place loose hard drives there.