“Does this drive have hardware encryption? I shucked it into another PC and now I cannot read it.”

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• Per this page, it is one of the few WD drives that is not encrypted, however you should call them. https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=15150 Most WD drives make it very difficult to read existing data via a new enclosure or directly in a PC... even if you do not use the password function. I generally no longer buy WD drives due to the exact problem you are having: A bad case renders the drive data unreadable.

  Answered by Gogo 8 years ago

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• No

  Answered by DARE77 8 years ago

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• I've bounced mine between three laptops with no problem.

  Answered by Chip 8 years ago

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• It did not need to be unencrypted to install. However, I think it is formatted for PC and you may need to reformat it if is used with a mac. It might even say that on the Box (probably in little print someplace)

  Answered by Thetreeman 8 years ago

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