Finally, after having some success with the restore I wasn’t able to reach my shares. I updated firmware to the newer version of WD MyCloud via ssh as through GUI I wasn’t able to do that.
After an update, I still wasn’t able to access the shares, so I thought let’s do a system restore. This worked perfectly. However, when I try to connect to the shares or WD Mycloud via finder (I’m a Mac user) it says:
I tried to create a user which would have access to all the shares but I’m still receiving the same error message. I tried to make all share Public, but still no look.
First step is to determine which single bay My Cloud version one has. Check the P/N number on the bottom of the single bay My Cloud enclosure. If the P/N number ends with “-00” then it is a first gen model, if the P/N number ends with “-10” then it is second gen and uses a different set of directions to “unbrick” the hard drive.
Personally, I’ve never used the “recovery” directions from Fox_exe. I’ve had good luck unbricking various hard drives over the years when using Fox’s first gen directions below.
Notes on running unbrick directions: After successful unbrick one can update the My Cloud to the latest firmware. When running the first gen unbrick directions from User Fox_exe I typically get one or two errors, which I tend to bypass.The unbrick process typically completes despite these errors. Places where I typically get warnings or errors:
Step 8. The command ‘mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2’ sometimes throws an error. I typically just ignore the error and continue to the next entry command in step 8.
Step 12. When using the original_v04.01.02-417.tar.gz file, I get a out of space error when running the command ‘dd if=kernel.img of=/dev/sdb5’. I typically ignore this error and proceed to the next entry command in step 12. When using the original_v03.04.01-230.tar.gz extracted files I do not get the out of space error message on sdb5.
When booting the My Cloud for the first time after unbricking the hard drive I eventually get a red front LED after the bootup completes. I then attempt to access the My Cloud Dashboard. If I am able to access the Dashboard I run a Settings > Utilities > System Factory Restore > System Only restore. This typically fixes the 0K capacity and the failed mount issue that typically happens with this unbrick procedure.
