Argggh, this drive!
I have for a week been unable to connect to this drive (and on that basis haven’t been able to backup my data!).
What appears to be unique and which I can’t find any search results for is that the front LED light is switching between 5 seconds OFF and 1 second RED.
It’s worth noting that the drive is alive in one way or another - the drive is ticking away inside the unit.
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The drive does not appear at all in Finder (I’m running OSX)
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Browser cannot connect to the dashboard via http://mybooklive.local/ (browser can’t find this address)
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I’ve tried accessing the drive both over the network and by connecting it directly to the computer via ethernet (and am using the exact same cable that I’ve used in the past for this process)
I have tried power-cycling the drive AND holding down the reset button for 4 seconds (the latter doesn’t appear to do anything, the front LED continues to switch between off and red).
I have also tried rebooting my Mac.
Any thoughts? This drive is only a year old, has not been mishandled, and if it’s kaput I’m going to be flaming mad and avoiding all future WD products.
Thanks,
Chris