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themaddoctor / linux-mybook-tools

tools for opening some encrypted WD My Book drives in linux
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2TB WD Symwave SW6316 chip #31

Open gmeza13 opened 5 years ago

gmeza13 commented 5 years ago

I am new to linux as I've only been trying to learn it to get all my files back once my HD stopped working. I made the mistake of connecting the HD to another PC directly when it stopped working in hopes of just moving the data over to another drive, before realizing it had the encryption chip. I am trying to follow you guide but am getting stuck right from the beginning. When I enter: $ sudo file -s /dev/sdb I get: /dev/sdb: DOS/MBR boot sector MS-MBR Windows 7 english at offset 0x163 "Invalid partition table" at offset 0x17b "Error loading operating system" at offset 0x19a "Missing operating system", disk signature 0xc0fdccdf

I was reading on your guide that because of my mistake it it a loop device. So I continued with all the steps to try and still mount it as a loop device. But when i get to encryption filter i run: sudo file -sL /dev/mapper/wd And get: /dev/mapper/wd: cannot open `/dev/mapper/wd1' (No such file or directory)

At this point I don't know what I could be missing. I made sure to copy every line from the guide so to not have any typos. If there is something you could help me out with I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

themaddoctor commented 5 years ago

If /dev/mapper/wd does not exist, then something went wrong before that point. You should reboot and try again from the beginning. Keep a note of any error messages that occur.