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 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Sep 4, 2017 at 04:12 PM
did you connect both the data cable and the power cable?
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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.
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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.
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