How to connect old WD My Cloud directly to PC
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2022
- The old version of WD My Cloud (Purchased around 2015) does not receive customer support beyond April of 2022. When I got an email notice about it, I understood this to mean that I can't use the device via Wifi beyond April of 2015. I hadn't used it for at least three years. I wanted to retrieve data from the device. I also wanted to use it if possible by directly connecting it to my PC.
A WD support person helped me and I took notes. Here is the blog version of the description:
www.estat.us/how-to-connect-o...
Thanks so much! I got a new modem and it stopped recognizing the cloud drive, I thought I lost years worth of pictures, movies and music. This video helped ease my mind
Saved me from the horror of losing 10 years of pictures!!!
As with other commenters you have saved me. Recently installed a new router which couldn't find the MyCloud and none of the network diagnosis achieved anything. Your little trick worked first time. Many thanks.
So, this worked on my desktop PC. My new laptop does not have an Ethernet port, so I have to use a USB-to-Ethernet dongle. Can someone help figure out the ip address for the dongle, as well as the My Book Live?
Dude! I can't express enough how much this saved me to get access to my old WD Cloud storage. the steps are a little different now. but the concept is the same - use a phone pin to press in for 5 seconds, right click to create a shortcut and then you have access to your files. I was so afraid that I had lost my files for over 10 years and now they're back! Thank you so much! <3
Happy everyone found out how, but mine isn't. 😢
I just tried this method and it doesn't seem to allow me to create a shortcut to access the files on the device. Would you know of a new method? Support and the old applications do not work as of June 2023 as said on the website unfortunately. I have probably around the same year as would its the WD MyCloud. Any help is most appreciated.
I have been trying for ages to get my connection to work. This had me up and running in a couple of minutes. Thanks for this solution and clear explanation.👍
saved life. tricky part is, waiting for like 5-10 mins.
Thank you, I had it, then I lost it, and now I have it back!!
i have gone back to this video 10 over the last year because i kept forgetting how to set this up . your awesome and thank you so much for the help 💪
Thank you sir! I just got a new laptop and had to re-install everything. I was having trouble finding a way to map my My Cloud as a network drive. Your video worked!!
I just updated my modem and lost my WD access. This video got my back into years of data files that I thought I lost. I love you right now!!!!
Thank you so much. WD stopped support and caught me out last year and I missed the deadline. All my Son's growing up pics were on it and I thought I'd lost them. This solution worked a treat. 💪👊💥😁
Hi, just to thank you for a clear explanation. It worked for me, finally. I had tried before several solutions, but at last I found your solution and it worked like a charm ! Thank you very much !
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I love you, I thought I had lost all my old kids photos. Thank you so much for this straightforward explanation that worked 🙂
Thanks so much for this video, I have spent hours trying to obtain my files and this worked a treat.
WoW I've been looking for something like this for about a year. Cheers for the fix! Transfering the stuff from Mycloud through my PC, to my SSD, then onwards to my NAS afterwards!
Thank you so much! I got everything 95% set up but I couldn't figure out how to connect to the Shares I set up in the NAS admin panel. The shortcut tip at