Help! Mount Issue and Files Not Showing Anymore

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There are some previous reports of mount problems. Here’s one, with their solution:

Solid red LED light - cannot mount file system

Hi All, as mentioned I managed to fix my red solid led issue and get access to all my files again. Here is how I did it… Apologies in advance, this is a long guide with a lot of info. I wanted to be as descriptive as possible. DISCLAIMER I’m not a Linux expert - just a guy who had important files on my 2TB WD My Cloud, so was willing to do anything to get them back. I’m also not claiming that my solution works for everyone, it did for me, so that’s why I’m sharing. Please only proceed with cau…

Backups are needed as soon as you put data on a HDD; they can fail at any time.