{"id":13498,"date":"2021-08-26T13:43:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/?p=13498"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:04:19","slug":"how-to-recover-data-from-wd-my-cloud-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/how-to-recover-data-from-wd-my-cloud-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Recover Data From WD My Cloud Hard Drive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Summary: <\/em><\/strong>WD My Cloud hard drive is an excellent way to save your important files and other data by creating your own cloud-based storage space using your private WiFi network. However, you may lose data from such cloud-based storage devices due to various reasons. In this blog, we\u2019ve mentioned ways to recover data from WD My Cloud hard drive. <\/em><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Overview of WD My Cloud Hard Drive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My Cloud is the personal cloud storage device from Western Digital<\/strong> Corporation. It is, in fact, a line of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices and multiple servers that operate over a local area network (LAN). The My Cloud hard drives come in 2 terabytes, 4 terabytes, 8 terabytes, and even a massive 24 terabytes storage capacity.<\/p>\n

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Basically, My Cloud is a personal cloud-based storage box that helps you centralize your data in one place. Different from the USB devices which are to be connected to the computer system to access them, you can connect the My Cloud HDD box to the internet router at your home or office. This will connect the NAS box with the internet as well as with the devices, which are running on the local internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a storage server connected to a specific local area network (LAN) to offer data access to diverse clients sited in that particular LAN. Its fundamental objective is to serve the data and files to multiple devices while keeping the data safe (backup) at the NAS server. <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Hence, you can access the data stored on NAS or My Cloud hard drive from any device, like smartphones, laptops, computer systems, notebooks, smart TVs<\/em><\/span>, etc., running on that local internet connection.<\/p>\n

It can be said that My Cloud hard drive supports the technology of \u201canywhere access\u201d from your private network – home WiFi or office broadband. It is a safe way to keep your data stored on some other hardware or location from your system. Moreover, in case the system fails due to any cause, your data will remain safe in the WD My Cloud hard drive<\/strong>. The reason is whenever you open your device (laptop or notebook, etc.) on your home network, My Cloud automatically backs up your data. Thereby, you can get your data from the backup easily.<\/p>\n

Storage Space Scaling <\/em><\/strong>is another incredible perk of using the My Cloud hard drive. Simply connect the external hard drive to the USB 3 port of the WD My Cloud hard drive<\/strong> and scale up the storage space effortlessly. Even, you can save the data of the My Cloud hard drive on an external drive as a secondary backup as well.<\/p>\n

However, suppose both the system and My Cloud hard drive encounter a major issue, such as firmware corruption, virus intrusion, or physical damage, it will become inactive and the data becomes inaccessible. In such unfortunate circumstances, you must seek the best solutions to recover data from WD My Cloud hard drive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Before proceeding to the WD My Cloud hard drive recovery<\/a> <\/strong>solutions, let us shed some light on the causes that may result in My Cloud hard drive failure.<\/p>\n

What are the Causes of WD My Cloud Hard Drive Failure?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There are multiple reasons that may cause WD My Cloud hard drive<\/a><\/strong> failure. However, Western Digital Corporation offers a one-year warranty on My Cloud hard drive. In addition, they repair the storage drive in case of any failure in the warranty period. But, once it\u2019s over, you have to approach a third-party data recovery services<\/strong> provider.<\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, the two conditions occur.<\/p>\n

1) WD My Cloud hard drive is working intermittently:<\/em><\/strong> In this case, you can take the backup of your data. However, if you don\u2019t have a similar storage capacity drive, it will be cumbersome to take the backup.<\/p>\n

2) WD My Cloud hard drive is not working: <\/em><\/strong>In such a case, there is no way to access the data and take the backup.<\/p>\n

These two conditions appear in certain cases, such as:<\/p>\n