Stats i can make out on the drive are
IS 13252 (part 1)/IEC 60950-1
1724B R/N D8B EACPFA
S/N WXC2D632JSVU
P/N WDBPKJ0050BBK-0A
it's a 5tb drive, external, my passport
I bought it in May 2024 and can 100% prove it, got the invoice, its never even been plugged into another pc or left my house.
Is this something that's likely to be rescued by reallymine? I'm on Windows and I'd need to set up a linux VM to try anything.
Clicks once when it turns on, but it runs perfectly fine and never had issues, doubtful that it's a I/O error, its done that for ages.
I'm a complete idiot and ADHD as hell so I don't trust myself doing any sort of hardware surgery on it
But if it's needed, I do know someone who could do soldering and stuff, I just think I'd rather not do anything risky with the drive.
Alternatively if i'm boned... just waiting and hoping that some day someone cracks the newer drives or something?
And if its just down to remembering the password myself... God i've no idea. Left myself a 'real' hint though, "1 3" (i remember it did actually mean something, i just forgot what. and its so cryptic without giving any more info or like, my usual passwords for offline stuff)
Ideally i dont wanna have people losing their time to helping me with password guessing. but, human ideas about what the 'idea' could've been.. might be worth asking.
And the fact you've probably helped loads of people restore lost data, deserves loads of props seriously.
Stats i can make out on the drive are
IS 13252 (part 1)/IEC 60950-1
1724B R/N D8B EACPFA
S/N WXC2D632JSVU
P/N WDBPKJ0050BBK-0A
it's a 5tb drive, external, my passport
I bought it in May 2024 and can 100% prove it, got the invoice, its never even been plugged into another pc or left my house.
Is this something that's likely to be rescued by reallymine? I'm on Windows and I'd need to set up a linux VM to try anything.
Clicks once when it turns on, but it runs perfectly fine and never had issues, doubtful that it's a I/O error, its done that for ages.
I'm a complete idiot and ADHD as hell so I don't trust myself doing any sort of hardware surgery on it
But if it's needed, I do know someone who could do soldering and stuff, I just think I'd rather not do anything risky with the drive.
Alternatively if i'm boned... just waiting and hoping that some day someone cracks the newer drives or something?
And if its just down to remembering the password myself... God i've no idea. Left myself a 'real' hint though, "1 3" (i remember it did actually mean something, i just forgot what. and its so cryptic without giving any more info or like, my usual passwords for offline stuff)
Ideally i dont wanna have people losing their time to helping me with password guessing. but, human ideas about what the 'idea' could've been.. might be worth asking.
And the fact you've probably helped loads of people restore lost data, deserves loads of props seriously.