Power supply dead, trying to save the data on drive

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Mybooklive power supply died, but I am confident the contents of the drive are not lost. I opened the casing, and harvested the drive. I put the drive in a USB 3.0 “sled,” and plugged it into a PC and Mac. Neither OS recognize the drive’s format.

Can install software on a Mac or PC that would allow me to recognize the content and save it? Or is there another solution I haven’t considered?

Thanks,
David

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[GUIDE] How to unbrick a totally dead MBL step 2.
In a nutshell, you have a Linux drive/partitions.

Do not forget buying a power supply might be an option as well, either from WD or somewhere else.

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Thanks for the assistance, but that is just far too complicated. I’m looking for something simpler. Was hoping I might be able to establish a small Linux partition and then copy the content from the old NAS to my new one.

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You should have gotten a new power supply before you embarked on opening your drive and likely screwing it up.

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well, solution is pretty simple, just need a way to see the files in the Linux drive. Plenty of software out there for Win/OSx. Very simple to install as well.

And yes, if you have a linux machine, then of course, it should be able to see the files.

Establishing a Linux partition in a Win/Mac it probably a lot more complicated than installing software to see the files.

To each its own though

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Wow. I just wrote almost the exact same thing as the post above me before I read it. Deja vu all over again! – Just install the program on your desktop and connect the HDD, copy the data to a USB drive. Or do same with Linux live CD.

No need for partitioning anything unless you want to break something.