# Functioning Mycloud 3Tb (2013) - Expand HDD

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**Category:** My Cloud OS 3\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/functioning-mycloud-3tb-2013-expand-hdd/235097 "2019-03-05T02:44:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.wd.com/t/functioning-mycloud-3tb-2013-expand-hdd/235097/3 "2019-03-05T12:13:15Z")

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> [@SandyEgo](#):
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> Would this procedure work? Or, can you please point me to procedure to image/expand HDD?

The problem with imaging one My Cloud drive to a hard drive that is a different size is the user partition may not be resized to take advantage of the larger space.

As Rac8006 indicates it is probably best to run one of the unbrick procedures then, using a SATA to USB adapter or a spare SATA adapter on a PC to copy the user data from the old drive to the new drive.

I posted about putting in an 8TB WD Red Drive a while back using Fox\_Exe’s directions for a first gen My Cloud.

> [@8TB wd red drives](http://community.wd.com/t/8tb-wd-red-drives/218322/6):
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> Success! smiley The WD EasyStore 8TB drive I purchased from Best Buy was made in Thailand. And it is the 256mb cache WD Red version. My Cloud enclosure was a first gen version. I used Fox\_Exe’s unbricking directions for unbricking/replacing HDD for first gen’s. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B\_6OlQ\_H0PxVbzZac0plbkZKeGM/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVbzZac0plbkZKeGM/view) The those directions have a broken link to the archive file one needs to download. I used the original\_v04.01.02-417.tar.gz file: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B\_…](https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_6OlQ_H0PxVR2czRHB5cnU2bVk)

Note that the directions for unbricking a first gen are different than those for unbricking a second gen. User Fox\_Exe’s unbrick directions:

First gen: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B\_6OlQ\_H0PxVbzZac0plbkZKeGM/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVbzZac0plbkZKeGM/view)  
Firmware file used in first gen directions: [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B\_6OlQ\_H0PxVNTN6c2F4SXEwQVU](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVNTN6c2F4SXEwQVU)  
Second gen: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B\_6OlQ\_H0PxVQVhnLVJOdDZISUU/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVQVhnLVJOdDZISUU/view)

Check the P/N ending number on the bottom of the My Cloud enclosure.  
P/N “-00” is first gen.  
P/N “-10” is second gen.

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