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Hi Fiona,

I tried finding appropriate connector for the HDD, I mean after removing the case. But no luck!

Anyways, I have dropped idea of Recovery, as I got some of the data stored somewhere else.

Now the problem is I am not able to format it.

Disk Management says "The Media is write protected ...

Thanks Fiona, the help is very much appreciated!

I'm not sure about NTFS/FAT, I do recon is it wasn't formatted by me, when I started with it.

With respect to Encryption, there isn't any explicit, from my-side. How can I check, if it is factory configured (h/w or s/w)?

Currently I'm at client's ...

First, Thanks Very Much, Fiona!

To get better idea about the problem,
(a) is it a connection problem?
(b) or anything has corrupted the MBR, (i.e. Virus)?
(c) any other option?

By the way, removing HDD from its case will void warranty?

I really need the data, I will surely proceed with your ...

Hi,

I am having 'WD Elements' of 1 tb, using for more than a year, without any problem.

Suddenly, it stopped working, yesterday. USB detects it, but MyComputer doesn't show Drive Letter. And Disk Management shows as 'Not Initialized'.

'Data Lifeguard Diagnostic' (diagnosis s/w) from WD, says Pass ...