scsi 4:0:0:1: Enclosure WD SES Device 1034 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Passport 2626 1034 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6 usb-storage 2-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1058, idProduct=2626, bcdDevice=10.34 usb 2-1: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 8 using xhci_hcd I looked at dmsg and got the below (focus on bold text, please.) Does my Passport have physical damage, or is there hope and I need to try and make the unlock method work? I have seen another group where you just have to install WD Passport utilities, but I was unable to get that to unlock the drive. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytesĭevice Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes The light was flashing on the drive, and it does show up on fdisk command:ĭisk /dev/sdb: 1.84 TiB, 2000365289472 bytes, 3906963456 sectors I immediately had a problem upon plugging this in. I thought I had used this drive on my desktop which runs Cinnamon Mint.

I plugged in a 2TB drive which I had copied some stuff from my Windows 11 Laptop. (Note : Instead of 'sdb' enter the name of your WD as acquired in Step 2)ħ.So I see that WD external drives are not Linux friendly. In case link expires refer my github link for sg3_utils - Ħ. Then scroll down to download 1.42 - sg3-utils_1.42-0.1_b (for 32 bit system) or sg3-utils_1.42-0.1_b (for 64 bit system) and install it by just opening it. (Note: If usr/bin/python no such file or directory error display then install paython-minimul using this URL: sudo apt-get install -reinstall python-minimal) Install 'sg3_utils' package for your distro depends on the distro you use !

Its done twice since you will get an error after running once) 6. (Note: Enter your Password instead of THEPASSWORD. Unzip the files downloaded in the Download folder

Type Command : dmesg | grep -i scsi (This will provide your WD Passport drive name)Įxample : In my case its 'sdb' (See the line Attached SCSI disk above the WD My Passport)Ĥ.

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