Portable and External USB Hard Drives
“Outstanding! Andy is a magician, from what looked like a lost cause he managed a complete recovery on a severely damaged and complex WD external drive that contained 2TB of irreplaceable content. He really went all out for me, talking me through the different stages and options which was very much appreciated at a time of horrible uncertainty. For the, time, effort and level of work undertaken the price too was remarkably reasonable. Great guy, outstanding service, very hard to express just how thankful I am.”
Western Digital
Strong contender for hard drive of the year, i'm kidding but they are the best of a bad bunch. These are easily the most common drives on the market along with seagate. They have certain quirks that cause recovery problems like encryption and unique rom chips. I like getting these ones in for recovery.
A start to finish on a WD My Passport recovery here
Western Digital WD My Passport Data Recovery
WD My Passport for Mac Data Recovery
WD My Passport Studio Data Recovery
WD My Passport Elements Data Recovery
WD My Passport Ultra Data Recovery
Western Digital Part Numbers Include..
WDBACX0010BRD-01 ,WDBBEP0010BRD-01
WDBL1D5000ABK-01 ,WDBMWV0020BBL-05
WDBBEP0010BBK-01 ,WDBABV5000ABK-00
WDBABM0010BKK-00 , WDBBEP0010BBK
WDBU6Y0020BBK - 0A , WDBBKD0020BBY
WDBM5M0010BBL-05 , WDBACX0010BBL-01
WDBACX7500ARD-01 , WDBACX0010BBK-01
WDBZFP0010BBK-04 , WDBZFP0010BBL-03
WDBZFP0010BTT-005 , WDBALG5000ABK-00
WDBKKF0020BSL-01 , WDBPGC5000ABK-03
WDBU6Y0020BBK-004, WDBACY5000ABK-01
WDBACY3200ABK-00 , WDBABV5000ABK-00
A start to finish on a WD My Passport recovery here
Samsung
Samsung external USB3 drives are just as popular as the WD variants at the moment (2016). They suffer from "Buzzing". Recovery of these is normally very successful.
Example of a typical recovery on this drive here
Samsung USB3 Data Recovery
SEAGATE
Seagate cant do anything right these days. These ones are not too bad, they fail like any other drive but are not prone to any specific faults.
Seagate USB3 Data Recovery
Hitachi
LACIE
These things are hilarious, bit of orange rubber round the outside and people thing they are invincible. They actually get more abuse because of this.
Lacie Data recovery
Seagate Network Disk
If I was going to design an external hard drive this would be it. Rubber feet, ventilation and horizontal. Will rant about this in Latest recovery Jobs at some point
Seagate Network Data Recovery
Latest Data Recovery Jobs
Western Digital My Passport Data Recovery - start to finish (with pictures)