Western Digital WD60NDZW Data Recovery

Zero Alpha offers professional data recovery for WD60NDZW hard drives. This is a 6TB USB portable hard drive commonly found in Western Digital external enclosures. Users may encounter issues such as accidental drops, non-detection, or firmware corruption. We accept mail in jobs from any location.

Western Digital WD60NDZW Common Problems

• USB-only PCB with built-in hardware encryption preventing direct SATA access
• Damaged or loose USB-C/Micro-B connector
• Firmware module or translator corruption (won’t mount, slow response, or clicking)
• Bad sectors from SMR wear, sudden power loss, or unsafe ejects
• Drive not detected, shows as “uninitialized” or asks to format
• Logical issues: accidental deletion, quick format, corrupted file system
• Physical shock/drop causing head/media damage or motor stiction
• Overvoltage/power surge damaging the PCB (e.g., blown TVS/PMIC)
• Intermittent disconnects during large transfers

Western Digital WD60NDZW Models

• WD60NDZW-11C8XS0
• WD60NDZW-11C8XS1

Western Digital WD60NDZW-11C8XS0 Data Recovery Caselog

03SEP25: Zero Alpha got a mailed in hard drive. This hard drive would spin up, not detect in the computer and after a while start clicking. It is out of enclosure of WD My passport  PN: WDBR9S0060BBK-KB. PCB# 2060-810035-001 REV P0.

09Sep25: 810035 PCB, OAKMONT2 family. SEDv2 unlock works, it's still using 88i1054 MCU. Soldered SATA adapter. Spins up and comes ready with 0 capacity. Several modules have failed to read with DISK ECU UNSAFE ERROR, including modules 25 and 190, which are unique and essential for data access. 190 can be partly read in "whole module" mode, but slows down due to errors. Can't use "areas reading" mode because PC3000 does not support this family: "For family 0x292 t2 meta data offset not defined".