Flashing blue light - My Cloud not available

[usury]

@robrichtx

Yeah, this is a DL2100. Seems to be stuck in a reboot loop. I am so pissed - this is the second time I have had a problem with this unit.

I resolved my “reboot loop” problem yesterday (details in this post). If yours is doing the same thing, mabye the same solution will work for you

[chrisnel]

Many thanks for that reassurance. It may not be a few days but I will give that a try and let folk know how I get on.

[Bennor]

@usury

The data partition is the largest one, and it is partition 4 (on Gen 1 devices, maybe the same on Gen 2). It is formatted as EXT4 (a linux-native file system), thus the need for a host linux machine to read it.

While it is generally best to use Linux if recovering the data or to unbrick the drive, it should be noted that one can use Windows 10 to recover the data off a Linux formatted hard drive using software like Linux File Systems for Windows by Paragon Software.

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/linuxfs-windows/

Little bit more discussion on using Windows 10 to view/access the contents of shucked My Cloud Hard drive:

My Cloud dead, how to see content on Windows 10?
http://community.wd.com/t/my-cloud-dead-how-to-see-content-on-windows-10/175311