Dude you saved about 15 years of memories for me and my family. The piece I missed myself in this WD My Cloud madness is that this is a UNIX drive (Would have never occurred to me). The fact that you supplied an easy solution to that issue, on top of super clear instructions... forever grateful. Best of luck in everything you do. Signing up for your channel!
Hi Thanky you for all the steps, but the file its not like pictures and video file that i put before ? how to retrieve the file after opening with the paragon software please help
You are my patron saint! I can't thank you enough for saving years of my children's photos and our family memories. This drive has been hiding in my basement for years because I couldn't save it, but I wouldn't part with it. The hours you spent making this video literally changed my life. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this easy, step-by-step approach to divorcing yourself from WD's Network Attached Storage system forever! That proprietary piece of crap has been problematic pretty much since year 2 I owned it. I will never use one of thier products again. I don't know how many countless hours of research you must've put into being able to map out and find this work around, but there's a special place for you! You are a saint! All my data files transfered sucessfully. Thanks again!
You sir are a complete life saver! I can’t thank you enough for putting this content out. I followed this step by step and was able to save 15 years worth of family memories :-). I will add that I am operating on a MacBook Pro so I downloaded the Paragon program that is compatible with a MacBook. I will also add since I am utilizing a laptop, I needed a SATA to USB adapter. If you go this route, ensure that you get the adapter that has a power cord. You will need that added power to actually power the hard drive. Thank you again man!
I ended up dropping my WD My Cloud network drive and something broke. However, followed your video, hooked up the hard drive to my PC and with the paragon software, boom, was able to transfer the data. Ten years of priceless memories with my family saved. TY!!!
This has to be one of the best Instructional TH-cam Videos I have ever seen. I followed the instructions to the letter and saved years of data. Thank you for such well explained concise instructions.
I love you man. I've been dealing with my bricked mycloud for over a week. All I need was your advice in getting that paragon reader. Thank you!!! you saved all my files!
Mr. Nikunj, thanks to your video I saved the data trapped in this WD MyCloud... there are no words to thank you for the information you make in such an educational and easy-to-understand way. Thank you very much.
wow - you saved my day. After my wd live crashed i had no chance to get on my datas. It always showed me that i would have to setup the wd live new and all users had been away. I tried also easeus data recovery, but i got ony an output with 100k of pictures, unnamend and not in the original folders, so i didnt know, in which folder i had sorted them originally. You tip with the Paragon Software saved my day and i could access now all my files within the original folders and names on my wd cloud live. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!
Thank you … you saved me countless hours of research in trying to figure this out. I had the flashing red light due to a failed firmware update. For those who followed this tutorial and was unable to mount the drive, I found that it took a few attempts by either unplugging the usb or disconnecting and reconnecting the power. Worked a treat and saved 30 years of memories… thanks again
Many thanks! The MyCloud would stay on the network for about 2 minutes, then disappear. I followed your steps and am recovering everything now. What a relief!
The tips on opening the enclosure were good, I wish I'd known about the credit card trick when mine failed a couple of years back. As for the data recovery, Windows can now use WSL to mount Linux filesystems, so no third-party software needed. Alternatively, as I did back then, you can boot into a Linux Live image such as Ubuntu, it will be able to mount both the old HDD to recover from, and the USB HDD you're recovering to, just drag + drop.
Mate, thanks alot, i swear i tried to understand this rubbish product and i was suffering moving my stuff, almost many years with no clue to wd trap, you set us free thanks
Thank you for sharing this! Had an identical drive that stopped working a couple of years ago. I am currently backing it up thanks to your tips that you shared. Feels good that I finally get to recover those precious images and personal videofiles. Have a nice day!
Thank you. I am currently copying 2.5GB of lost memories and stuff using Paragon on trial to mount the drives. I cannot explain why I am nearly crying with joy.
DUDE! Thank you so much for making this video. Just managed to save a whole bunch of data I didn't even know was on it from years and years ago. I've been stuck on a blinking blue LED. One thing though- for me, since the damn MyCloud only broke after I unplugged the power cord without a proper shutdown, I was stuck on an endless "consistency check" because there were some faults in the drive now. After using that program, I did a scan with it and told it to repair the broken sectors, and now BRAVO it works just like new! Just so grateful this headache I've spent a solid working day's worth of hours on is finally cleared!
Hi Nikunj, this video , though is about a copule of years old, but it still saves many from years of lost data, i cannot thankyou more, for saving me with such simple, detailed and lucid steps to extract data, thanks!
Thanks so much Nikunj - as the other comments have already said - this worked perfectly (with some slight adjustments for a Mac) and saved my entire Movie Collection and 1000's of photographs... Many Thanks.
Great guide, thanks for sharing it with people who might not know. My only critique: Laying the hard drive onto the computer sitting sideways like that is unnecessarily risky in my opinion. If by accident it falls and/or some of the exposed contacts on the drive are shorted by the metal of the case, I would be worried about ruining the drive. I'd recommend at least inserting it into the case properly or maybe getting an external USB 3 enclosure or docking station. Your data is worth that much.
Thank you for this. Worked like a champ for my 4TB My Cloud. Though I have a Sabrent 2-drive docking station, so it was easier to plug it into that. After installing Paragon Linux for Windows, and starting up the drive, it gave me 3 drive folders. The first one was a headache with a dozen or so popups that mostly wanted me to format the drive. After ignoring all of those popups, the second drive folder was the linux os, nothing to worry about saving there. The 3rd drive folder was all of my data with zero corruption. All that work for what was likely just a failed firmware update. Between the factory reset hack on My Book, and this failed firmware on My Cloud 5 weeks later, I'm pretty much done with WD. Thanks again bro.
@@nikunjmuglani Luckily I managed to get all my data off & onto a Seagate USB drive before I had problems this morning. Thanks for the video. I'm going to try it later to use it as a local drive.. WD have stated they no longer support the My Cloud (OS3) and suggest I buy one of their updated products running OS5. What? So I can update that too in a couple of years? I've always been disappointed with the transfer rates anyway. I'm done with them too.
Interesting. Is your dock also connected via usb to your computer or laptop? And did you use the same software as it the video? This gives me hope i can finally recover everything from my my cloud and then it will go into the dumpster.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. It's exactly what I needed, and just like you said, this is the only place where all of it was in one place.
I agree with the other responders! Your video saved a LOT of hard work and memories for me! Thank you so much for making this video. You've helped a lot of people. I'm certainly greatful!
Mate, as everybody mentioned, you're a lifesaver! Thank you so much for this video explaining in detail how to do it...I used the Zilkee device to connect to the drive and also the Paragon software...files are now being copied! God bless you, buddy! THANK YOU! 😊🙏🙌
I would like to personally thank you for your guide and it was really simple and easy to follow and allowed me to salvage data from the MyCloud like yours. All the best for your future endeavours. Thank again.
Thank you. You are a star. I had the solid yellow light issue and nothing would work. Managed to recover all the archives for my business. Backing up to Google Drive and My Passport in the future. I can't express how thankful I am after a few stressful days.
Thank you soo much!!! You have just saved my company with this video. 10 years worth important data on that wd cloud drive...my office work came to a halt after it crashed! Cant thank you enough!! This incidence opened my eyes never to trust these drives again!
Going thogh reading all the comments from people who would have lost so much data memories and such without this video and it's saved me from using one I found that my mom purchased and never used I've decided to pull the hard drive out and use that alone in a drive case and format the drive for use as a standard external drive.
I was so excited to find this video. Finally, after so many years, I would be able to recover my files from this old WD My Cloud crap. Then, at 13.40... My bubble of happiness bursts... I only own laptops PCs... I did download and saved your video in case, one day, I found someone who has a desktop computer. Thank you very much for sharing. Great job!
Thank you very much, your video explained everything my drive was doing and I thought I had lost it all. I am now in the process of backing it all up thanks to you and your video!
Great work Nikunj. So easy to follow and the software solution is perfect. Saved 2 TB and 15 years of photos and videos. You're a life saver. Cheers chap.
Wow I have the same drive mine is a 6TB drive. Noticed just recently it will just drop off the local network for no reason. Fortunately I have a host of other drives. I will take your video as a wake up call and start redundancy back up immediately. I have close to 4TB stored on this already started moving some of the files a month ago . Looks like its time to finish the migration. scary situation to be in. Thanks for the how to video.
This saved me a lot of time and effort in getting my files back off the mycloud drive ! Thank you for sharing, you're an absolute legend ! The software you recommended worked a treat.
Thank you SOOO much! Same story as many others. My mother-in-law sadly passed away and there was no more delaying the inevitable task that I had been postponing for a year: I had to get those pictures off the old NAS which had crashed after a power failure. What caused some delay was the fact that I stupidly downloaded the wrong version of the Paragon software so initially the software couldn't find my WD drive. When I figured out that I'd installed the Apple version instead of the Linux version I was very very pleased to recover all those old family pictures. And I'll hopefully score some browny points with my wife!
Thank-you so much for this video. I am a writer and with your assistance, I was able to successfully recover several of my stories (as well as several important databases and documents). Saved me from haveing to re-create all that stuff.
I too have to add a massive thanks. The tip on the Linux drive allowed me to connect to my dual boot laptop and 'fsck" the disk. Once clean, I was able to recover my remaining data.
This was awesome! Thank you so much for the help. Saved me over $2k that I was quoted for data recovery. Didn't cost me half that for a fully equipped Synology NAS to replace the MyCloud.
You just saved my day. I'm see you get this a lot, but I had no idea Seagate Personal Cloud used a different file system Windows could not read. I'm recovering my data from the drive in my
I'm going through this situation currently and starting to work through it but I had no clue about the Linux format thing. Genuinely helpful! (I can't say that about all how-to videos on TH-cam)
Thank you SO MUCH! My drive was giving the same issue and your video guided me smoothly through the whole thing. The part about it being a Linux drive and which software to use for recovery was especially useful! Thanks again, much appreciated
I do have a follow up question: Given the HDD seems to be physically ok and readable, is there a way to get the NAS functioning again? I was getting the same red light as you. The drive IP showed up on my router, but if I tried to access it from my PC the windows explorer would crash. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Thanks for this video. This gave me some confidence to open up my WD NAS. But my problem was the network light on the back was not light even when the network cable is attached. But after powering down the NAS for 1/2 an hour, it came back online. So I did not have to do this. But this is the only video I can find on how to open this NAS. Good video.
Wow! Thank you! Excellent. Saved me hours of trying to figure out how to get into an old one. Apparently the new SMB client in Windows had stopped talking to the older SMB1. Your video saved the day! You rock my friend! You rick!
You are the bomb! I followed you step by step and am downloading a ton of lost business files that I thought I'd never see again. And pretty proud of myself for it too! Thanks so much!!
Cheers. Mine recently went red on me. Was most of the way through backing up the data by plugging it directly into my PCs second ethernet port when it just decided I wasn't allowed access to my files anymore. Downloading the software now. Gonna reboot the PC in a minute with the drive attached and see how we go. Thanks for doing all the research and compiling it all in one easy-to-follow video. EDIT: Reboot complete. Everything showed up instantly, got it copying over now. Big thank you for the remote assist on this one.
DUUUUDE.....I bricked WD MY Cloud drive before an dit happened again...I was going crazy this time not knowing what I ad in there because my computer also went haywire these days...You literally saved my mind....Thank you
Thanks, my guy! Appreciate the tip about the Linux file reader; I wouldn't have gotten to that realisation anywhere near as quickly if I hadn't found this video. Have a great day!
Thank you Nikunj, you helped me rescue 3 TB of photos, documents & files which an external Data recovery firm wanted in excess of £350 to do for me. Top man, thank you.
Your Video has been really helpful for me. I have just retrieved successfully my files from this 3 terabites hard disk. The MyCloud NAS just stopped working with no clue about what to do. Never again a piece of hardware of this type because is just to risky. Many Thanks nikunj muglani
EXCELLENT - EXCELLENT - EXCELLENT. Thank you. I spent so long researching and was just about to give up and I found your video. You would think there are more than just a few PC users who have a WD My Cloud that has been EOL-ed and need help getting their files. I'm very grateful. 20 years of photos and video are no longer lost. Thank you.
This MyCloud is the same as mine, and it’s going out of service with the change to OS 5. As such, after I save my data from it, I want to shuck it and convert it into a regular USB drive. This should help a lot. Thanks.
The old MyClouds are still usable. They just aren't supported any more and there are no further updates to the firmware. That means they will be vulnerable to attacks if the sharing over the Internet feature is enabled, so they've turned that off permanently with the final update that was sent out earlier this year. They are still fine for use on a local network until the drive itself fails. You can connect an external drive to the USB port and set it up as a safepoint using the MyCloud control panel. The external drive can be NTFS formatted, if you want, which makes it easier to read using a Windows PC. Setting it as a safepoint will make a backup of your files and keep it up to date every night. Then, when the internal drive eventually fails you can use the backup to recover your files. The original MyClouds aren't made any more. They've been replaced by the MyCloud Home, which isn't as useful. It isn't a proper NAS and doesn't support the SMB protocol. It only works when connected to the Internet. So the old MyClouds are worth hanging onto. It is possible to replace a completely failed hard drive with one of the same size or bigger - there are detailed instructions for installing the operating system that the small ARM-based computer board needs on the WD support site. You can then restore all your data from a safepoint drive and have the unit working again.
Thank you so much for the software recommendation. I looks like it is working fine reading my data from my old MyCloud Drive which I placed in an external HDD Case. So much potentially lost data saved because of you and this video. Thanks again for making this video. YOU ROCK!!!
Your a saviour! Worked like a charm! All 3 + TB. Probably had it al backed up but Now I have it all for sure. Thankyou again. Mine did not have the RED Led prob, mine was the never ending ( 3 days +)flickering blue LED.
Thank you for the video! You mentioned the EXT file compatibility and Window plus suggested us the software to access the hard drive. This is equally helpful as the tutorial of how to take the hd out from the case. Thanks again!
Excellent video! Thank you so much! Mine has been working fine for the last 9 years, so far no issues but I've been burnt in the past so I'm not taking any chances. Backing up data & replacing HD with newer & more storage space. You saved me a lot of research time.
WD MyCloud 4TB NAS older hardware only supports the Cloud OS3 and doesn't support the latest Cloud OS5 software for compatible devices. As the only choice given by Western Digital was to upgrade to a compatible WD Cloud OS5 device. I debated for months to make a decision on my next WD NAS upgrade and disconnected the remote access through the web browser a week ago. Time run out and WD Cloud OS3 only devices' security updates support ended on April 15th, 2022. I wasn't pleased with the choices and the WD Red Nas 4TB hard drive inside the old device is still in good condition. I decided to go with Synology as my new NAS. I bought a diskless NAS that will arrive next week and two 16TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS SATA HDDs that arrived today. Also, I ordered today after watching your video an enclosure for my WD Red NAS 4TB HDD to access and organize my data in the meantime. I already have Paragon extFS for Mac so I am ok on that front to see the Linus device on my Finder window. I can't thank you enough the dilemma of dismantling the WD Cloud and taking out the drive without damaging was adverted and it was a very fast process of about 10 - 15 minutes tops. Clear and Concise. Bravo!!
Thank you. Well informed video that helped save my parents data. A issue that occurred for me while trying to use software provided was that the app automaticity mount as read-only causing the app to crash file explorer or just not detect the Volumes. A simple fix I found was to just select read only in the app's settings prior to connecting your drive.
Thank you very much for taking the time to post this, it has helped me a huge deal I was stuck on the right software to use as none seemed to work properly. Just a TIP if anyone does get stuck unscrewing the allen keyed screws on the HD, if you have a rotary tool, a dremel or even a file. Saw a notch in the screw deep enough to get a flat head screwdriver to it, then you can unscrew it with ease
@@matiasnowo If the stuck screw is one of the ones that go through the metal bracket and the other one has been removed you could try holding the drive firmly in one hand and rotating the bracket counter-clockwise. If you're lucky it will loosen the screw. If not you'll need a different handle to hold the torx bit. I use a T-shaped handle, that allows much more torque to be applied. Also use a high quality bit and press it firmly into the screw head so that it doesn't cam out. Once the screw head is damaged it will be much more difficult to remove.
Great video, thank you! Although I certainly wouldn't have bought another WD product since they let us all down by ditching support for this original My Cloud product.
the part not possible to unscrew was not actually needed to unscrew, instead grab the black part and unwind it as if it was a spinning handle - very easy. took me a moment to realize as well. my main issue with the disassembly was that the screw in the last step was different size in my case than the previous ones and I could not find a proper one
Thank you! My drive stopped working, flashing red every time I plugged it in. Took apart and followed your directions and transferred files safely to my pc. Will probably do some web based cloud in the future because these still can fail and also seem bogged down with firmware updates.
Thank you!! You saved my son’s baby pictures and videos. In my case when I downloaded the data the files format is not recognizable by windows, so right now I don’t know how to identify if it’s a video, photo or pdf. Any advise? Another program might work perhaps? Thank you!
yes yes yes, i tried everything i knew and this did it for me, thank you! i also used the external hardrive enclosure method one of the commenters mentioned, thanks again!
Dude you saved about 15 years of memories for me and my family. The piece I missed myself in this WD My Cloud madness is that this is a UNIX drive (Would have never occurred to me). The fact that you supplied an easy solution to that issue, on top of super clear instructions... forever grateful. Best of luck in everything you do. Signing up for your channel!
Glad I could help!
Hi Thanky you for all the steps, but the file its not like pictures and video file that i put before ? how to retrieve the file after opening with the paragon software please help
Thanks for great video clear and precise
You are my patron saint! I can't thank you enough for saving years of my children's photos and our family memories. This drive has been hiding in my basement for years because I couldn't save it, but I wouldn't part with it. The hours you spent making this video literally changed my life. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this easy, step-by-step approach to divorcing yourself from WD's Network Attached Storage system forever! That proprietary piece of crap has been problematic pretty much since year 2 I owned it. I will never use one of thier products again. I don't know how many countless hours of research you must've put into being able to map out and find this work around, but there's a special place for you! You are a saint! All my data files transfered sucessfully.
Thanks again!
You sir are a complete life saver! I can’t thank you enough for putting this content out. I followed this step by step and was able to save 15 years worth of family memories :-). I will add that I am operating on a MacBook Pro so I downloaded the Paragon program that is compatible with a MacBook. I will also add since I am utilizing a laptop, I needed a SATA to USB adapter. If you go this route, ensure that you get the adapter that has a power cord. You will need that added power to actually power the hard drive. Thank you again man!
I ended up dropping my WD My Cloud network drive and something broke. However, followed your video, hooked up the hard drive to my PC and with the paragon software, boom, was able to transfer the data. Ten years of priceless memories with my family saved. TY!!!
This has to be one of the best Instructional TH-cam Videos I have ever seen. I followed the instructions to the letter and saved years of data. Thank you for such well explained concise instructions.
I love you man. I've been dealing with my bricked mycloud for over a week. All I need was your advice in getting that paragon reader. Thank you!!! you saved all my files!
Mr. Nikunj, thanks to your video I saved the data trapped in this WD MyCloud... there are no words to thank you for the information you make in such an educational and easy-to-understand way. Thank you very much.
wow - you saved my day. After my wd live crashed i had no chance to get on my datas. It always showed me that i would have to setup the wd live new and all users had been away. I tried also easeus data recovery, but i got ony an output with 100k of pictures, unnamend and not in the original folders, so i didnt know, in which folder i had sorted them originally. You tip with the Paragon Software saved my day and i could access now all my files within the original folders and names on my wd cloud live. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!
Thank you … you saved me countless hours of research in trying to figure this out. I had the flashing red light due to a failed firmware update. For those who followed this tutorial and was unable to mount the drive, I found that it took a few attempts by either unplugging the usb or disconnecting and reconnecting the power. Worked a treat and saved 30 years of memories… thanks again
You're welcome! 😊
Mine is not showing up on the software
Many thanks! The MyCloud would stay on the network for about 2 minutes, then disappear. I followed your steps and am recovering everything now. What a relief!
The tips on opening the enclosure were good, I wish I'd known about the credit card trick when mine failed a couple of years back. As for the data recovery, Windows can now use WSL to mount Linux filesystems, so no third-party software needed. Alternatively, as I did back then, you can boot into a Linux Live image such as Ubuntu, it will be able to mount both the old HDD to recover from, and the USB HDD you're recovering to, just drag + drop.
Mate, thanks alot, i swear i tried to understand this rubbish product and i was suffering moving my stuff, almost many years with no clue to wd trap, you set us free thanks
Thank you for sharing this! Had an identical drive that stopped working a couple of years ago. I am currently backing it up thanks to your tips that you shared. Feels good that I finally get to recover those precious images and personal videofiles. Have a nice day!
Thank you. I am currently copying 2.5GB of lost memories and stuff using Paragon on trial to mount the drives. I cannot explain why I am nearly crying with joy.
DUDE! Thank you so much for making this video. Just managed to save a whole bunch of data I didn't even know was on it from years and years ago. I've been stuck on a blinking blue LED. One thing though- for me, since the damn MyCloud only broke after I unplugged the power cord without a proper shutdown, I was stuck on an endless "consistency check" because there were some faults in the drive now. After using that program, I did a scan with it and told it to repair the broken sectors, and now BRAVO it works just like new! Just so grateful this headache I've spent a solid working day's worth of hours on is finally cleared!
I'm about to do exactly what you eloquently and plainly explained. I cannot thank you enough. Excellent, excellent video.
Hi Nikunj, this video , though is about a copule of years old, but it still saves many from years of lost data, i cannot thankyou more, for saving me with such simple, detailed and lucid steps to extract data, thanks!
Thanks so much Nikunj - as the other comments have already said - this worked perfectly (with some slight adjustments for a Mac) and saved my entire Movie Collection and 1000's of photographs... Many Thanks.
Great guide, thanks for sharing it with people who might not know. My only critique: Laying the hard drive onto the computer sitting sideways like that is unnecessarily risky in my opinion. If by accident it falls and/or some of the exposed contacts on the drive are shorted by the metal of the case, I would be worried about ruining the drive. I'd recommend at least inserting it into the case properly or maybe getting an external USB 3 enclosure or docking station. Your data is worth that much.
People like you are a true Credit to TH-cam and videos like these will keep our memories alive in the years to come!
Thank you for this. Worked like a champ for my 4TB My Cloud. Though I have a Sabrent 2-drive docking station, so it was easier to plug it into that. After installing Paragon Linux for Windows, and starting up the drive, it gave me 3 drive folders. The first one was a headache with a dozen or so popups that mostly wanted me to format the drive. After ignoring all of those popups, the second drive folder was the linux os, nothing to worry about saving there. The 3rd drive folder was all of my data with zero corruption. All that work for what was likely just a failed firmware update. Between the factory reset hack on My Book, and this failed firmware on My Cloud 5 weeks later, I'm pretty much done with WD. Thanks again bro.
Glad that helped! 🙂
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Luckily I managed to get all my data off & onto a Seagate USB drive before I had problems this morning. Thanks for the video. I'm going to try it later to use it as a local drive..
WD have stated they no longer support the My Cloud (OS3) and suggest I buy one of their updated products running OS5. What? So I can update that too in a couple of years? I've always been disappointed with the transfer rates anyway.
I'm done with them too.
Thank you! THIS was the answer I was seeking.
Interesting. Is your dock also connected via usb to your computer or laptop? And did you use the same software as it the video? This gives me hope i can finally recover everything from my my cloud and then it will go into the dumpster.
I rarely comment on youtube, but you, Sir, deserve my like! Thank you A LOT and keep well!
Did a lot of research trying to find a solution to this problem. Thanks so much for posting this. Got my files off that WD drive.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! You SAVED MY LIFE!!! Thought my hard drive was corrupted, but it just needed the right software to read it!!
Thank you so much for sharing this information. It's exactly what I needed, and just like you said, this is the only place where all of it was in one place.
OH EM GEEEE!!! Thank you so much for this!! I was able to save my data and find files I've been searching for for years!!
I agree with the other responders! Your video saved a LOT of hard work and memories for me! Thank you so much for making this video. You've helped a lot of people. I'm certainly greatful!
Glad I could help so many people. I was in the same boat as a lot of people for a couple of months before giving this a shot.
Thank You !!! You saved 20 years of memories...
Mate, as everybody mentioned, you're a lifesaver! Thank you so much for this video explaining in detail how to do it...I used the Zilkee device to connect to the drive and also the Paragon software...files are now being copied! God bless you, buddy! THANK YOU! 😊🙏🙌
I would like to personally thank you for your guide and it was really simple and easy to follow and allowed me to salvage data from the MyCloud like yours. All the best for your future endeavours. Thank again.
Thank you. You are a star. I had the solid yellow light issue and nothing would work. Managed to recover all the archives for my business. Backing up to Google Drive and My Passport in the future. I can't express how thankful I am after a few stressful days.
Thank you soo much!!! You have just saved my company with this video. 10 years worth important data on that wd cloud drive...my office work came to a halt after it crashed! Cant thank you enough!! This incidence opened my eyes never to trust these drives again!
Going thogh reading all the comments from people who would have lost so much data memories and such without this video and it's saved me from using one I found that my mom purchased and never used I've decided to pull the hard drive out and use that alone in a drive case and format the drive for use as a standard external drive.
I was so excited to find this video. Finally, after so many years, I would be able to recover my files from this old WD My Cloud crap. Then, at 13.40... My bubble of happiness bursts... I only own laptops PCs... I did download and saved your video in case, one day, I found someone who has a desktop computer. Thank you very much for sharing. Great job!
Hi there! You can buy online a Sata to USB connector that works with laptops.
@@josealmrod thank you very much
Worked like a charm! You have no idea what you've done for me. Great work. Thank you!
Thank you very much, your video explained everything my drive was doing and I thought I had lost it all. I am now in the process of backing it all up thanks to you and your video!
You're welcome! Glad I could help.
Great work Nikunj. So easy to follow and the software solution is perfect. Saved 2 TB and 15 years of photos and videos. You're a life saver. Cheers chap.
Bro!! Thanks a million for this video!! Saved 3.4TB of data from a dying MyCloud drive...
Wow I have the same drive mine is a 6TB drive. Noticed just recently it will just drop off the local network for no reason. Fortunately I have a host of other drives. I will take your video as a wake up call and start redundancy back up immediately. I have close to 4TB stored on this already started moving some of the files a month ago . Looks like its time to finish the migration. scary situation to be in. Thanks for the how to video.
This saved me a lot of time and effort in getting my files back off the mycloud drive ! Thank you for sharing, you're an absolute legend ! The software you recommended worked a treat.
Thank you SOOO much! Same story as many others. My mother-in-law sadly passed away and there was no more delaying the inevitable task that I had been postponing for a year: I had to get those pictures off the old NAS which had crashed after a power failure. What caused some delay was the fact that I stupidly downloaded the wrong version of the Paragon software so initially the software couldn't find my WD drive. When I figured out that I'd installed the Apple version instead of the Linux version I was very very pleased to recover all those old family pictures. And I'll hopefully score some browny points with my wife!
This video saved a ton of family pictures and videos that would have been gone otherwise. Thank you!!!
Thank-you so much for this video. I am a writer and with your assistance, I was able to successfully recover several of my stories (as well as several important databases and documents). Saved me from haveing to re-create all that stuff.
I too have to add a massive thanks. The tip on the Linux drive allowed me to connect to my dual boot laptop and 'fsck" the disk. Once clean, I was able to recover my remaining data.
This was awesome! Thank you so much for the help. Saved me over $2k that I was quoted for data recovery. Didn't cost me half that for a fully equipped Synology NAS to replace the MyCloud.
I didn't do it as you show, but it gave me an idea to recover my files and it worked great. Thank you.
You just saved my day. I'm see you get this a lot, but I had no idea Seagate Personal Cloud used a different file system Windows could not read. I'm recovering my data from the drive in my
I'm going through this situation currently and starting to work through it but I had no clue about the Linux format thing. Genuinely helpful! (I can't say that about all how-to videos on TH-cam)
Thank you for that demonstration. I have a MyCloud that has reached the end of its support so I need to move to a more modern drive.
Thank you SO MUCH! My drive was giving the same issue and your video guided me smoothly through the whole thing. The part about it being a Linux drive and which software to use for recovery was especially useful! Thanks again, much appreciated
I do have a follow up question: Given the HDD seems to be physically ok and readable, is there a way to get the NAS functioning again? I was getting the same red light as you. The drive IP showed up on my router, but if I tried to access it from my PC the windows explorer would crash. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Thank you for this great how to video. Will try these steps this week and will come back to let you know. I appreciate you taking time to post this.
THANK YOU!!! Saved 27,497 family pictures and videos.
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My WD my cloud just bricked. You saved me brother thanks so much for your info data is transferring right now.
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! Your video is the clearest and most easy I have browsed so far and it works!!!!
Thank you for your video. You saved all my files stored in the WDMycloud and cannot be read after upgraded to iOS 5
Thanks for this video. This gave me some confidence to open up my WD NAS. But my problem was the network light on the back was not light even when the network cable is attached. But after powering down the NAS for 1/2 an hour, it came back online. So I did not have to do this. But this is the only video I can find on how to open this NAS. Good video.
Wow! Thank you! Excellent. Saved me hours of trying to figure out how to get into an old one. Apparently the new SMB client in Windows had stopped talking to the older SMB1. Your video saved the day! You rock my friend! You rick!
Glad it helped 🙂
You are the bomb! I followed you step by step and am downloading a ton of lost business files that I thought I'd never see again. And pretty proud of myself for it too! Thanks so much!!
Cheers. Mine recently went red on me. Was most of the way through backing up the data by plugging it directly into my PCs second ethernet port when it just decided I wasn't allowed access to my files anymore. Downloading the software now. Gonna reboot the PC in a minute with the drive attached and see how we go. Thanks for doing all the research and compiling it all in one easy-to-follow video.
EDIT: Reboot complete. Everything showed up instantly, got it copying over now. Big thank you for the remote assist on this one.
You're welcome! I'm glad this helped.
Great info thanks. Got my data back from this old WD MyCloud drive! Cheers!
Spot on, thanks for the info….same issues here. Transferred a ton of data yesterday thanks to your video👍
DUUUUDE.....I bricked WD MY Cloud drive before an dit happened again...I was going crazy this time not knowing what I ad in there because my computer also went haywire these days...You literally saved my mind....Thank you
Glad it helped ☺️
Thanks, my guy! Appreciate the tip about the Linux file reader; I wouldn't have gotten to that realisation anywhere near as quickly if I hadn't found this video. Have a great day!
Thank you! I watched other videos to crack open this, but with your method I was able to pop the cover out in under a minute!
Thank you Nikunj, you helped me rescue 3 TB of photos, documents & files which an external Data recovery firm wanted in excess of £350 to do for me. Top man, thank you.
Your Video has been really helpful for me. I have just retrieved successfully my files from this 3 terabites hard disk. The MyCloud NAS just stopped working with no clue about what to do. Never again a piece of hardware of this type because is just to risky. Many Thanks nikunj muglani
Glad that helped 😊
Works great! Saved me a ton of time. Suggestion: To save time and not open computer I used a Sabrent USB 3.0 hard drive flat docking station.
EXCELLENT - EXCELLENT - EXCELLENT. Thank you. I spent so long researching and was just about to give up and I found your video. You would think there are more than just a few PC users who have a WD My Cloud that has been EOL-ed and need help getting their files. I'm very grateful. 20 years of photos and video are no longer lost. Thank you.
This MyCloud is the same as mine, and it’s going out of service with the change to OS 5. As such, after I save my data from it, I want to shuck it and convert it into a regular USB drive. This should help a lot. Thanks.
The old MyClouds are still usable. They just aren't supported any more and there are no further updates to the firmware. That means they will be vulnerable to attacks if the sharing over the Internet feature is enabled, so they've turned that off permanently with the final update that was sent out earlier this year. They are still fine for use on a local network until the drive itself fails. You can connect an external drive to the USB port and set it up as a safepoint using the MyCloud control panel. The external drive can be NTFS formatted, if you want, which makes it easier to read using a Windows PC. Setting it as a safepoint will make a backup of your files and keep it up to date every night. Then, when the internal drive eventually fails you can use the backup to recover your files. The original MyClouds aren't made any more. They've been replaced by the MyCloud Home, which isn't as useful. It isn't a proper NAS and doesn't support the SMB protocol. It only works when connected to the Internet. So the old MyClouds are worth hanging onto. It is possible to replace a completely failed hard drive with one of the same size or bigger - there are detailed instructions for installing the operating system that the small ARM-based computer board needs on the WD support site. You can then restore all your data from a safepoint drive and have the unit working again.
Thank you so much for the software recommendation. I looks like it is working fine reading my data from my old MyCloud Drive which I placed in an external HDD Case. So much potentially lost data saved because of you and this video. Thanks again for making this video. YOU ROCK!!!
Glad it helped 🙂
Your a saviour! Worked like a charm! All 3 + TB. Probably had it al backed up but Now I have it all for sure. Thankyou again. Mine did not have the RED Led prob, mine was the never ending ( 3 days +)flickering blue LED.
you, my friend, are fantastic! what a great video presentation. An absolute lifesaver!
Lifesaver!! Thank you for this video I was about to give up on this and thought my pictures were gone!!
Thank you so so much for this tutorial. I spent more time trying to open the drive than installing the software and so on haha.
Thanks again
Thank you for the video! You mentioned the EXT file compatibility and Window plus suggested us the software to access the hard drive. This is equally helpful as the tutorial of how to take the hd out from the case. Thanks again!
Wow. You are a life saver. For my PR2100 NAS network adaptor isn't working so I need to backup data.
Thank you! I would have lost over a TB of personal and business documents if not for your advice on this issue. Thank you again!
Thank you...u save my day...WD my cloud power fail...used the software and manage to retrieve all my data...Thank you very much
You're welcome! I'm glad it worked for you.
Thank you sir for making this video. Saving my life's work now.
Excellent video! Thank you so much! Mine has been working fine for the last 9 years, so far no issues but I've been burnt in the past so I'm not taking any chances. Backing up data & replacing HD with newer & more storage space. You saved me a lot of research time.
WD MyCloud 4TB NAS older hardware only supports the Cloud OS3 and doesn't support the latest Cloud OS5 software for compatible devices. As the only choice given by Western Digital was to upgrade to a compatible WD Cloud OS5 device. I debated for months to make a decision on my next WD NAS upgrade and disconnected the remote access through the web browser a week ago. Time run out and WD Cloud OS3 only devices' security updates support ended on April 15th, 2022. I wasn't pleased with the choices and the WD Red Nas 4TB hard drive inside the old device is still in good condition. I decided to go with Synology as my new NAS. I bought a diskless NAS that will arrive next week and two 16TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS SATA HDDs that arrived today. Also, I ordered today after watching your video an enclosure for my WD Red NAS 4TB HDD to access and organize my data in the meantime. I already have Paragon extFS for Mac so I am ok on that front to see the Linus device on my Finder window. I can't thank you enough the dilemma of dismantling the WD Cloud and taking out the drive without damaging was adverted and it was a very fast process of about 10 - 15 minutes tops. Clear and Concise. Bravo!!
I can't thank you enough for your video, everything you explained was spot on and helped me recover all of my files. Thanks again.
Thank you. Saved those precious memories. Priceless.
Thank you. Well informed video that helped save my parents data. A issue that occurred for me while trying to use software provided was that the app automaticity mount as read-only causing the app to crash file explorer or just not detect the Volumes. A simple fix I found was to just select read only in the app's settings prior to connecting your drive.
Thank you so much, very detailed instructions. Was able to recover data from my wdmycloud finally.
You sir are a god, I cannot begin to say how grateful I am to have found your video !! earned a sub
Glad I could help 🙂
Bro you really saved me. lot of my data and photo childhood memories are saved. I thanks you from my heard. thanks
THANK YOU dear Sir!!!!!! Magnificent video, PEACE and God bless.
Thank you very much for taking the time to post this, it has helped me a huge deal I was stuck on the right software to use as none seemed to work properly. Just a TIP if anyone does get stuck unscrewing the allen keyed screws on the HD, if you have a rotary tool, a dremel or even a file. Saw a notch in the screw deep enough to get a flat head screwdriver to it, then you can unscrew it with ease
nop, it wont come out, i did not find a way :(
@@matiasnowo If the stuck screw is one of the ones that go through the metal bracket and the other one has been removed you could try holding the drive firmly in one hand and rotating the bracket counter-clockwise. If you're lucky it will loosen the screw. If not you'll need a different handle to hold the torx bit. I use a T-shaped handle, that allows much more torque to be applied. Also use a high quality bit and press it firmly into the screw head so that it doesn't cam out. Once the screw head is damaged it will be much more difficult to remove.
Great video, thank you! Although I certainly wouldn't have bought another WD product since they let us all down by ditching support for this original My Cloud product.
thank you easy to follow and accurate was able to recover some old family photos from over 6 years ago thank you.
You're welcome! I'm glad this helped.
You saved my data 😊😊 be blessed! Thank you!
the part not possible to unscrew was not actually needed to unscrew, instead grab the black part and unwind it as if it was a spinning handle - very easy. took me a moment to realize as well. my main issue with the disassembly was that the screw in the last step was different size in my case than the previous ones and I could not find a proper one
Thank you! My drive stopped working, flashing red every time I plugged it in. Took apart and followed your directions and transferred files safely to my pc. Will probably do some web based cloud in the future because these still can fail and also seem bogged down with firmware updates.
Excelent video, the same thing happend to me, and after se your video, I could fix my problem and get my info back. Thanks
Thank you!! You saved my son’s baby pictures and videos. In my case when I downloaded the data the files format is not recognizable by windows, so right now I don’t know how to identify if it’s a video, photo or pdf. Any advise? Another program might work perhaps? Thank you!
yes yes yes, i tried everything i knew and this did it for me, thank you! i also used the external hardrive enclosure method one of the commenters mentioned, thanks again!
You're welcome ☺️
Thanks a lot! Do you have a idea for those who works on macbook pro? How to connect the drive? Thank you so much!!!
Excellent info, sir. Thank you VERY much!