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 4 September 2017 Status Member Last seen 11 September 2017 - 4 Sep 2017 à 06:23
RolandJS Posts 21 Registration date Saturday 26 August 2017 Status Member Last seen 19 October 2017 - 15 Sep 2017 à 21:48
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 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
4 Sep 2017 à 16:12
did you connect both the data cable and the power cable?
JohnHirst Posts 2 Registration date Monday 4 September 2017 Status Member Last seen 11 September 2017
11 Sep 2017 à 09:08
Yes both cables hooked up
you can see it in the directories but can't access it.
RolandJS Posts 21 Registration date Saturday 26 August 2017 Status Member Last seen 19 October 2017 1
15 Sep 2017 à 21:48
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.