How can you access files from the hard drive out of a WD My Book

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JohnHirst Posts 2 Registration date Monday September 4, 2017 Status Member Last seen September 11, 2017 - Updated on Sep 4, 2017 at 04:27 PM
RolandJS Posts 21 Registration date Saturday August 26, 2017 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2017 - Sep 15, 2017 at 09:48 PM
USB conector has come off circuit board, Removed hard drive and connected directly to PC but can't access any files.
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Sep 4, 2017 at 04:12 PM
did you connect both the data cable and the power cable?
JohnHirst Posts 2 Registration date Monday September 4, 2017 Status Member Last seen September 11, 2017
Sep 11, 2017 at 09:08 AM
Yes both cables hooked up
you can see it in the directories but can't access it.
RolandJS Posts 21 Registration date Saturday August 26, 2017 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2017 1
Sep 15, 2017 at 09:48 PM
Check with other sources, however, I thought those HDs' USB connector is a special USB connector for that manufacturer and model; if that's true, bypassing that connection with another assembly won't work.