I had this drive for several years and have been very happy with it unti just recently. All of a sudden, the internal NIC card where the cat5 network cable is located stopped all light activity. which means, no network connectivity and/or communication from my desktop to the network drive that is connected to my linksys router. I’ve recycled the unit, i’ve replaced ethernet cable, i’ve switched network ports on the router but no prevail. I have very important data that I would like to recover. What are my options? My unti is still under warranty but I am concerned with my data and would like to recover it.
You could try this below as nfodizwrote in his [GUIDE] How to unbrick a totaly desd MBL.
This wil at least get you your data back so you can backup it.
If the systemboard is fried or the ethernet connector is broke i would the use the warenty to get it fixed.
STEP 2 (DATA BACKUP/RECOVERY)
If at this point you would like to pull your data off the MyBookLive for safe keeping, download Disk Internals Linux Reader for Windows http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/ and install the program. Hook up the drive to your computer or a SATA dock and copy your data to another drive with enough space on your computer.
If DiskInternals Linux Reader will not recognize the partitions, it may be because you have a corrupt partition table.
Try using R-Linux http://www.r-tt.com/free_linux_recovery/Download.shtml
This program will also recover DELETED data from the drive as long as it hasn’t been overwritten by new data
User Daremo had success recovering data off of a MyBookLive with a bad partition table using this program
An example of a good partition table on a 1TB MyBookLive is as follows
MyBookLive:~# partedGNU Parted 2.2Using /dev/sdaWelcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.(parted) pModel: ATA WDC WD10EARS-00M (scsi)Disk /dev/sda: 1000GBSector size (logical/physical): 512B/512BPartition Table: gptNumber Start End Size File system Name Flags 3 15.7MB 528MB 513MB linux-swap(v1) primary 1 528MB 2576MB 2048MB ext3 primary raid 2 2576MB 4624MB 2048MB ext3 primary raid 4 4624MB 1000GB 996GB ext4 primary
btw. if you use plastic cards instead of a screwdriver to open the case you can open it without physically damaging it.
Only do it on the back (where the ethernet port is) where 4 clips are. If they are lose you can slide it open.
Inside there is no “void warrenty” prevention devices so if you do it clean you can get away with it.
(On the other hand, buy a new nas if WD doesn’t want you te let you save data. You can get your data back from old disk, use that disk in your pc afterwards as extra space (you can even backup your NAS on it ) and copy the data to your new NAS.