Great guide, used it some time ago to debrick my 2TB MyBookLive and yesterday i used it to install a 4TB WD green drive in it making it a 4TB MyBookLive. Works like a charm.
do you think I can use also a smaller disk, e.g. less than 1TB?
I replaced the MBL with a 4-disk NAS when the drive fault, and I have some working SATA disks, all smaller than 1TB…
Anyone did this test?
Thanks
some people have…
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Don’t know if anyone monitors this thread anymore but, I took my 3TB Mybook live unit off the shelf after find this thread. After much reading and time i managed to get the drive to a different state than it was. However it is now stuck in the solid green light state, there is network activity, but i can not access the dashboard. Logging into my router I do not find the devices MAC address in the client list. Any suggestions on what to try next would be greatly appreciated.
I wanted to say thank you for this tutorial and the discussion. I successfully saved my WD mybook live 3tb after a botched firmware upgrade.
THANKS!
Hi,
nfodiz thanks for your help.
I used R-Linux with USB-SATA docking station for recovery of my fiels. Then replaced disk with new one (old was 2T new is 3T) and used your image. It works.
Thanks again.
Hi!!!
This is the situation of my HDD.
It’s right?
I think no :(((
I follwed the guide but now i have problem to do the right partition.
I hope someone can help me, please
Thanks
Giuseppe
hi everyone, i have a MBL 1TB drive and enclosure that ive filled to the brim. what i would like to do is replace the 1TB green drive in my enclosure with this 3TB red drive i took from a mybook for mac. after working out all the bugs with my cd burner and my sata cables etc, ive finally gotten completely through the Guide 2.0 for the 3TB drive and gotten the 4420 records in/out msg but my drive never shows up on the network and never gets an ip from the router… i THINK im zeroing in on the problem, i think i need to set up my partitions correctly before starting the guide… is there a page in the guide that talks about that, or does anyone have any advice?
thanks!
also i was thinking, it might be easier for me to image my existing drive to the new one, then resize it? anyone seen a good guide for that?
Hi Nfodiz,
I have 3TB version of WDBL, not sure either it is version 1 or 2 but box is like this ( http://images.anandtech.com/doci/4952/mybook_box_575px.JPG))
Issue I had: typical no dashboard, SSH , but I had access to sever and DLNA.
First I debricked without data loss , whole process completed without any error but MBL light remained yellow.
http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-How-to-unbrick-a-totally-dead-MBL/td-p/435724
then I debriced using Data wipe option from same thread , which raised error several errors
./debrick.sh rootfs.img /dev/sda destroy
warnings like block size and file
could not complete the process due to errors , but rsulted all partiations were deleted.
then I Version 2 solution for 3TB. first it raised error while mounting the usb (no clean system however i used clean 350 hdd formatted on ntfs)
following command , raised dd error 7+1 copied , (few mbs), plugged into the nas but light is stil static yellow.
I am newbiew to Linux stuff so not have much info , would be greatfull if you guide to make MBL re-alive. Thanks
dd if=/mnt/usb/mybook3tb.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M
Further more, I tried 1tb img as well, both 1tb and 3tb img deployed successfully (as per main thread same in/out bytes).
After depoyement particians wiped to untouFurther more, I tried 1tb img as well, both 1tb and 3tb img deployed successfully (as per main thread same in/out bytes).
After depoyement particians wiped to unformatted. On MBL pcb, constant yellow light and router also does not show any used ip for mac address. So i cant acess Dashboard too.
Plz plz help me, getting Frustrated and could not sleep well because of this. ched. On MBL pcb, constant yellow light and router also does not show any used ip for mac address. So i cant acess Dashboard too.
Plz plz help me, getting Frustrated and could not sleep well because of this.
Note: i have tried different pcs, lan cables and routers but result is same.
I have fixed my 2TB MBL using your guide.
It worked like a charm.
My MBL is running great now. It is performing even better than when it was new. Thank you very much.
I was working with a SATA to USB connector as I have a laptop. It did not create any issue.
I have spent so many days trying again and again to fix the MBL using your guide V1. every thime i was getting i/o error at the last step.
I found the version 2 of you guide yesterday and Bingoo!!! My MBL 2TB is live again. Thanks again 
Hi,
Can you pl let me know from where you have downloaded the virgin image?
regedit024 wrote:
hi everyone, i have a MBL 1TB drive and enclosure that ive filled to the brim. what i would like to do is replace the 1TB green drive in my enclosure with this 3TB red drive i took from a mybook for mac. after working out all the bugs with my cd burner and my sata cables etc, ive finally gotten completely through the Guide 2.0 for the 3TB drive and gotten the 4420 records in/out msg but my drive never shows up on the network and never gets an ip from the router… i THINK im zeroing in on the problem, i think i need to set up my partitions correctly before starting the guide… is there a page in the guide that talks about that, or does anyone have any advice?
thanks!
also i was thinking, it might be easier for me to image my existing drive to the new one, then resize it? anyone seen a good guide for that?
Hello, not sure if you solved your problem, but here it is a fast solution:
Backup your WD MBL OS from Windows / Replace HD with a smaller one
Once followed, you only have to copy the contents of 4th partition to new disk using any Linux Live CD
Thank you so much for this guide!
I both saved the data on my MBL and got it up and running! Thanks!
Can the process outlined in this thread be used to debrick a MBLD? If not, is there a similar process as opposed to the more manual process outlined in
http://community.wd.com/t5/My-Book-Live-Duo/GUIDE-Debrick-a-MyBookLive-DUO/td-p/544860
Thanks NFODIZ,
great guide, saved me, and a bunch of photos. Mybooklive up and running fine.
Got an error on guide 1 but pulled data and used guide 2 with no issues. Haven’t typed that much linux since I was a kid!
NFODIZ - Can you tell me the first steps of the 3TB Guide for a brand new drive straight out of the antistatic bag. Dead WD Green, putting in WD Red.
Do i have create a gpt table?
Do i create multiple partitions like in the photos?
I can follow the guide ok, it just the steps for a brands spanking new drive.
thanks
EDIT- actually think i found the solution in another post of yours using the debrick script. fortunatly i have a rootfs.img for a previous backup after a previous bebrick. that should solve the partitions. have formated in gpt already
EDIT2 - Yep, formatted in gpt with no partitions, ran the debrick sccript with the destroy option and is made all the partitions. Then said needed to reboot, so rebooted and re-run the script again and completed sucessfully. pluged it in and got a steady green light in about 1 min or less. Dashboard seems to be ok. This is a rootfs.img of a backup so wont factory reset that,
Hello, prompt please My Book Live supports HDD 6 Tb? ( WD Green Desktop WD60EZRX 6 Tb )
I would like to install it on your My Book Live.
Hello i have 2 my book live’s both 2tb, i’m trying to change lets say drive 1 to an 3tb wd red.
I have split the case removed the old drive put the new drive in (after going through the guide to install a new drive) and put the 3tb img on the drive, and it is cannot be seen by the computer.
Having read all i can find on this subject i’m stuck.
Can anyone help?
oleg999 wrote:
Hello, prompt please My Book Live supports HDD 6 Tb? ( WD Green Desktop WD60EZRX 6 Tb )
I would like to install it on your My Book Live.
Has anyone tried installing a >4 TB capacity HDD in MBL? Please share your experience.
