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Yeah, I backed the data up. Took a careful look at the drive, and think that it is being shorted out near the power connector (there is an extremely low resistance between the two oppositely charged terminals on the power connector). So, the components are all so small that there doesn't appear...

looking at the circuitry inside the case, it looks like only the connector that connects with the AC adapter is damaged (it has black scorch marks on it). So, I think I might just buy this part and solder it onto the board, thus repairing the external drive (Of course, I'll never get the...

no, they didn't. I decided to open it yesterday night, voiding my warranty. What I found was interesting, and may be useful. My model is the Western Digital My Book Essential 160 GB. Inside was a 160GB Western Digital Caviar IDE hard disk. I hooked it up to a computer I had laying around, and it...

I called tech support, and I was told that the internally there was a hard disk that could be connected to a computer. I didn't ask whether it was IDE or SATA or SCSI or whatever, but I'm guessing it will probably be SATA.

I have a 160GB external Western Digital "MyBook Essential" drive. The other day when I came home, I noticed a burning/ozone smell, which I traced back to my external HDD. Now, the drive cannot be read--the computer doesn't even detect it, and the green light on the front doesn't come on. When...