How to check to see if Wd is encrpyted

[LarrySabo]

I got these locations for the magic sector from a post on hddoracle. They may save you some time searching, except there is no mention of Oxford.

Source: http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php? ... ctor#p6168
Re: WD "Magic sector" by mandr » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:43 am

Initio
500GB: 976769032
750GB: 1465143304
1000GB: 1953519624

Symwave
500GB: 976770435
750GB: 1465144707
1000GB: 1953521027

Jmicron
500GB: 976769056
750GB: 1465143328
1000GB: 1953519648

 

[hddguy]

Oxford are the enclosures with Firewire Bridge.

There is no mention of Oxford in that post because not all Oxford cases have a copy of the key at the surface or even in the SA. Key is present in ROM of the bridge only.

Here I have a copy of an Oxford key should it be useful for somebody.

 

[Jared]

I must say I've yet to see that. Every case I've done had a key sector and usually a backup in the SA. Good to know.

 

[Jared]

By, the way I've moved this topic out of the secrets section and into the Western Digital section. I can't see that there's anything about it which can't be shared publicly. Please correct me if I'm wrong anyone.

 

[pclab]

Hey Guys

Thanks for all the replies.
I know the HDD PCB works with the Symwave chip. The PCB is bad.
So, the best way is to now image it again to a WD with the same chip, but another question pops up:
I don't have any WD USB or PCB available with the same chip, so I need to buy a new HDD, but is there also any hint on how to choose one with Symwave chip?
I could have the "luck" of getting one with Initio chip or even another...

Thanks

 

[hddguy]

Maybe someone can send one to you? Since the Acelab update which allows live decryption from passport/mybook devices I imagine for a lot of people these adaptors are redundant.

I can check Monday if I have one, but I cant check until then. Maybe someone closer to you has one they can send to reach you quicker.

 

[Jared]

Post a clear picture of the chip and I can probably tell you which My Book board you'll need to use to decrypt the data. I've got a ton of them here, so all I have to do is look through them.

 

[pclab]

Hey

here are the pictures.
Thanks

 

[Jared]

A 4060-705089-001 Rev. P1 should do the trick. Here's an ebay listing for one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WD-My-Book-Esse ... 2c9e022e0f

Just be sure the drive you clone the data onto is set to the same max LBA size as the original showed through the SATA port.

 

[jol]

Pretty expensive