Format Mycloud drive issue

[Wierd_w]

First, identify if it is a gen1 or gen2 unit. (Check the serial number.)

Then, once you have identified which one you have, check the linked post below to find an appropriate unbricking how-to.

Unbrick MyCloud Once and For All - Lets Make A Clear Tutorial for Everyone!

I’ll answer some of the questions. Most if not all other questions actually are answered in the various unbricking threads (and there are a number of them). Problem is some of those threads end up discussing a variety of issues or My Cloud models and the core unbrick information gets lost in a huge number of posts spanning many years. Most people want something simple and don’t want to spend time reading. This isn’t something simple even though it is usually fairly straight forward process to un…

You will need a USB flash drive, and a computer with PuTTY or some other SSH capable client, and a whole afternoon of time to spend on the task.