No. The My Cloud is a network attached storage device. The general way to access it is using a network connection. if one previously enabled SSH through the My Cloud Dashboard one could try seeing if the SSH connection works.
One can use Linux (Ubuntu or other Linux distro) to access the My Cloud hard drive when that hard drive is removed from the My Cloud enclosure and attached to either a spare SATA port or to a SATA enclosure.
If one is using Windows then see the following link which explains how to access a My Cloud drive when removed from it’s enclosure and attached to a Windows PC.
The problem is you don’t know if it’s the network port itself or something else on the motherboard backplane of the My Cloud. It might be possible to solder a new network port adapter in place but it would involve finding the exact same pinout network port and then soldering it in place after removing the existing network port.
Yes. See my answer to question 2. The internal hard drive of the My Cloud is a SATA drive. That drive can be attached to another SATA enclosure or to a spare SATA port on a computer. Note that opening up the My Cloud enclosure voids the device’s warranty.
If you do a internet search you’ll find a number of YouTube videos explaining various ways to open the My Cloud enclosure…
