WD My Book Duo hardware encryption Topic is solved

[ThomasH]

I have a My Book Duo 4TB (2TB x 2) setup as a RAID1. Pulling the drives, the data is obviously encrypted, but there was no auto-detect of the encryption type.
Just wondering if these might be on the list to come up with a decrypt-on-fly key with DE.

[lcoughey]

Source of the post I have a My Book Duo 4TB (2TB x 2) setup as a RAID1. Pulling the drives, the data is obviously encrypted, but there was no auto-detect of the encryption type.
Just wondering if these might be on the list to come up with a decrypt-on-fly key with DE.

Why is it "obviously encrypted?"

[ThomasH]

Looking at the hex data, including sector 0, it looks like a stereotypically encrypted WD (no 55AA, or other partitioning markers, but garbage-looking data in that data's place). Additionally, there is mention of hardware encryption http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
Additionally, in a WD forum, people are complaining about it (rightfully so, I think). I mean, the main reason, (I think), of running RAID1 is for easiest redundancy, easiest recovery, but in this case, the box itself failed (not the drives, or the power cable).
Both drives clone perfectly, and Winhex shows them to basically be duplicates of each when comparing hex.
I just recovered an earlier version of a WD 2-drive unit a few weeks ago that was not encrypted.
This newer one is. It is a direct attached (usb3) only model, not a NAS box. Model is WDBLWE0040JCH

But as always... I could be (and have been) wrong before

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Source of the post Looking at the hex data, including sector 0, it looks like a stereotypically encrypted WD (no 55AA, or other partitioning markers, but garbage-looking data in that data's place). Additionally, there is mention of hardware encryption http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
Additionally, in a WD forum, people are complaining about it (rightfully so, I think). I mean, the main reason, (I think), of running RAID1 is for easiest redundancy, easiest recovery, but in this case, the box itself failed (not the drives, or the power cable).
Both drives clone perfectly, and Winhex shows them to basically be duplicates of each when comparing hex.
I just recovered an earlier version of a WD 2-drive unit a few weeks ago that was not encrypted.
This newer one is. It is a direct attached (usb3) only model, not a NAS box. Model is WDBLWE0040JCH

But as always... I could be (and have been) wrong before

Hi,
Might Be The Controller used in your product is actually doing encryption and you will need to get a replacement or repair the older one ,I am Quite sure Of that BTW

[ThomasH]

Well, I bought a new one of the same model and used the WD software to set it up as a RAID1 (It comes default as RAID0). I then cloned the original patient drives to the new unit's drives and put them in, but no dice. I guess these are more like the MyBook Studios than regular MyBooks. There are a lot of 8 pin chips on the main PCB of the enclosure, and U4 and U5 are Winbond ROM chips, but I think the others are other types of non-rom chips (based on a quick datasheet check). I don't suppose anyone has dealt with this before and might know which chip(s) would be needed to swap vs attempting to repair the original pcb? I'm not sure if the ROM's or the JMS561 OR Asmedia ASM1074 will be the keyholder (if any).
Below are side1, side1 closeup, and side2 of the pcb.

[Maxim_TS]

ThomasH, I'm afraid that Mr. Amarbir is right. AES-256 hardware encryption key should be in original NAS board only. So, to decrypt the data you need to use the original key from native NAS.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

ThomasH ,
Sir The Images Are Not so Clear In My Opinion if i can get some clear picture i could find if this has a ROM And Might Be You Could Desolder the ROM And solder It On donor Board and Voila Its Done ,If You Can Ship The Patient And Donor Boards To Me In India then also i Can Handle The Job