Wd live

my mybook live 3tb failed at a firmware update, and sticks at initalizing… putty wont work or ssh , what can i do to repair this i can access the drive contents jus not the dashboard

You will have to recover the drive.

nfodiz has an excellent debrickification guide here: http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-How-to-unbrick-a-totally-dead-MBL/td-p/435724