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This document provides instructions to recover a WD My Cloud Gen 2 device that is displaying a formatting failure error code 600. It outlines downloading recovery files from WD's support site and another source. The steps include formatting the device's hard drive using parted, installing the original WD recovery files to reboot into recovery mode, and then using the web GUI to install the official firmware file to fix the issue. An alternative method using a Linux live USB/CD is also provided.

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This document provides instructions to recover a WD My Cloud Gen 2 device that is displaying a formatting failure error code 600. It outlines downloading recovery files from WD's support site and another source. The steps include formatting the device's hard drive using parted, installing the original WD recovery files to reboot into recovery mode, and then using the web GUI to install the official firmware file to fix the issue. An alternative method using a Linux live USB/CD is also provided.

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# One of success-story with this howto:
# https://community.wd.com/t/my-cloud-gen2-using-an-8tb-hdd-and-formatting-failure-
error-code-600/221499/1
#
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0. Download these files:


http://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=904 (Original firmware)
https://ftp.anionix.ru/WDMyCloud/WDMyCloud-Gen2/usbrecovery.tar.gz (WD Recovery +
My miniOS)

1. Use any USB Flash drive, format it to FAT32 (Important!)


2. Unpack usbrecovery.tar.gz to this drive (You will get "boot" folder and 4 files
inside)
3. Plug this USB drive to WD MyCloud, turn on power. Wait yellow-red (blinking)
light.
4. Connect via Telnet (Search IP in your router, unde DHCP section.)
5. Format HDD if need:
parted /dev/sda
mklabel gpt
mkpart primary 1049kB 2149MB
mkpart primary 8591MB -1MB
mkpart primary 7517MB 8591MB
mkpart primary 2149MB 3222MB
mkpart primary 3222MB 4296MB
mkpart primary 4296MB 6443MB
mkpart primary 6443MB 7517MB
q
mkswap /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

6. Install original WD recovery and reboot:


mkdir -p /mnt/usb /mnt/root
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/root
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
cp -r /mnt/usb/boot /mnt/root/
cd /mnt/root/boot
rm uImage uRamdisk
mv uImage-wdrecovery uImage
mv uRamdisk-wdrecovery uRamdisk
cd /
umount /mnt/root /mnt/usb
sync
reboot -f

7. After reboot device get old IP address and accessable via Web-GUI (Recovery
mode). Use original firmware (.bin file) here.

Done!

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# Alternative way:

# Use Debian/ubuntu or any other linux distro (USB/CD Live image)


# All "/dev/sda" change to your disk! (List disks in system: "parted -l")
# If this is new disk or damaged (formatted) old, recreate partitions first:
parted /dev/sda
mklabel gpt
mkpart primary 1049kB 2149MB
mkpart primary 8591MB -1MB
mkpart primary 7517MB 8591MB
mkpart primary 2149MB 3222MB
mkpart primary 3222MB 4296MB
mkpart primary 4296MB 6443MB
mkpart primary 6443MB 7517MB
q
mkswap /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda3

# Download and unpack files from WDMyCloud/WDMyCloud-Gen2/Developing: uImage-


wdrecovery and uRamdisk-wdrecovery
# Write it disk:
mkdir /mnt/boot
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot
mkdir /mnt/boot/boot
cp uImage-wdrecovery /mnt/boot/boot/uImage
cp uRamdisk-wdrecovery /mnt/boot/boot/uRamdisk

# Done. Connect disk back to WDMC and turn on.


# After few minutes WDMC boots to "WD Recovery". Go to webgui and upload official
firmware.
# Done!

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