Convert old external hdd from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 ?
3 hours ago, Captain_WD said:Hi there
The USB connection on a drive is simply the bus it uses to connect with the PC. The drive inside the enclosure may or may not work with higher speeds. Consider this as driving a car on a road with a speed limit. Regardless of the limit of the road, the car can only reach certain speeds, but on the road that has a speed limit below that of the car's capabilities, the car won't reach more than the road's limit.
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Captain_WD.
Captain, why does WD use hardware encryption? Do the vast majority of people who use those drives need it? I can only see it causing problems for more people than it actually benefits. I just don't get it. It's not like a thief is going to go through the trouble of stealing JUST the drive and not the enclosure. The only reason I see for it is to make sure people don't take apart your enclosures! (Not trying to be critical here, I love WD drives, this just seems odd to me.)
OP: Yes, you can remove the drive from that enclosure, however you would have to transfer all of your data off of it first as only that specific enclosure can read the data currently on the drive. I took two WD drives apart (both with hardware encryption) and put them internal to my computer, reformatted them and they work fine.
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