Re-install MyCloud Drive

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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Hi one of my clients has given me a WDBCTL0040HWT 4TB NAS drive for recycling. I have removed the internal hard drive and securely wiped the disk.

Is it possible to re-install the original WD firmware on this device? I have put the disk back in but the device shows a solid red light at the front, also the device does not get any IP address from DHCP.

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Use the forum search feature, magnifying glass icon upper right, and search for “unbrick”. There are a number of past discussions on how to partition/format a hard drive and then push the My Cloud firmware to it. Note that you will need to know if the single bay My Cloud is a first gen v3.x/v4.x or a second gen v2.x unit. The firmware and process to unbrick is different for each version.

User Fox_exe has a set of directions for each version that many have used with success.
FIrst gen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVbzZac0plbkZKeGM/view
Second gen: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVQVhnLVJOdDZISUU/view

3

Thank you for this, I have a first gen device.
I have tried to follow the article however I got stuck at step 10 when trying to download the archive. Is there a working link?

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Try the following link. Which will take you to a google drive folder containing both files. Download only one of them, typically the v4.x file.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVNTN6c2F4SXEwQVU

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Thank you I have been able to follow the guide and install the v04.01.02-417 firmware. I then used the auto update on the dashboard to update it to v04.05.00-327. I am pleased it also shows the correct amount of free space at 3.9TB