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I've got the 2TB which isn't available here on Amazon but if you need one that big, I'd suggesting finding one of these that is that big.

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streaming videos from the X-Box before it gets warm enough for me to want to turn it off) but it's never been alarmingly hot, even after 8-9 hours of continued usage.If you're looking for a simple back up hard drive that's compatible with all things Windows (I haven't tested on a Mac yet so I cannot judge there) that's reliable and worth the money, I'd get this item. It gets a little warm if you leave it running and working for awhile (I can watch about 3 hours worth of t.v. I have had no freezing problems, ejection problems, it only created one drive slot in My Computer and the unit stays relatively cool. I hope this doesn't mess with the electronics inside.As for the firmware, I haven't had any problem with it so far and my laptop has run the gambit from XP to 7. I use an air duster to get in there but I know eventually it'll cake so bad I won't be able to clean. However, I do not intend on traveling so it's perfect for me.*It's hard to keep clean as dust will make it into the vents on the top. I don't feel like this hard drive would take traveling well. I really like how compatible it is.Cons:*The unit is pretty heavy for a hard drive but the outer case is made of plastic. It even plugs into my parent's HDTV and you can watch things from it.

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show, music or photo that put on there is viewable/listenable through an X-Box 360 or a PS3 via connection through a USB port on the system.

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It ejects fine (unless I have Windows Media Player open, as my library is based from the hard drive, in which case I have to restart my computer.minor issue), it works well and it does exactly what I want it to do.Pros:*Works without the software that's included*In 8 months I've never had a problem adding or deleting anything*Works with Vista, XP and 7 (so far that's all I've tested)*My favorite thing: It's formatted as Fat32. For one, I have never installed any of the software on it (and I've actually deleted the folders containing that software) and it works basically like a plug and play. The encryption used as claimed is AES 256 bit that means the key is 32 bytes of the 448 bytes.I bought a 2TB version of this at my local Best Buy about 8 months ago and I am very happy with my purchase.

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I have a full raw image of the drive so I guess it is safe to experiment with it because I can restore that image at anytime.

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Anyway I do not think that WD are really stupid or naive, I guess even the stored encryption key is encrypted based on the provided password (hopefully not). There is a risk with buying new enclosure that the firmware of the newer enclosure would be recent and not like the one I have and then I would be in pain again to revert it to the firmware version I have. I compared the VCD of some locked/unlocked states and found only 448 bytes of one sector that change, as I showed in the previous post. OK DR, that is what I have discovered and mentioned in the previous post so every time you reset the password (by formatting) a new key is generated. Now you are working 'arsy-versy', think more and widely. When you replaced those sector you are not just removed the password request, you have changed whole decrypting key.ĭon't work with pacient drive not to spoil something.ĭid you bought new same enclouser for this game?

I noticed that that data are encrypted in 16 bytes blocks. I would try again but with a sector with locking information for which I know the password. I replaced that sector with another sector that I got after unlocking the drive, I got the drive unlocked but I cannot see my data. But at the same time the password to lock the drive is not used to encrypt the data so this means at least in theory it should be possible to reset that password at least to a known password value. My conclusion is that the USB controller encodes/encrypts all the data written to the drive so it is not possible to retrieve that data without bypassing the USB controller. When I tried to connect it via the USB enclosure again I noticed that when the drive prompts for the password the password hint does not exist anymore, so my guess is that the password section was overwritten. Using mhdd I could not see the disk is locked so I did a stupid thing that I locked it then unlocked it again. I tried to check whether the drive is locked or not, so I connected it directly via a SATA cable to the PC. I tried to get the drive out of the USB enclosure and it turned out the drive inside the enclosure is just a 1TB WD caviar green WD10EADS. For some reason I cannot unlock the drive, even though I am quite sure about the password I use but it says the password is invalid. I have a Mybook Essential Western Digital external hard drive.