Replacing a drive, Identifying a faulty hard drive – Western Digital My Cloud Mirror User Manual User Manual

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Replacing a Drive

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WD MY CLOUD MIRROR PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE

USER MANUAL

Replacing a Drive

Identifying a Faulty Hard Drive
Replacing a Drive
Rebuilding the Drive
Returning a WD Drive

The My Cloud Mirror device is a limited user-serviceable product that allows you to replace
the hard drives in the enclosure. You can use WD hard drives or another brand’s hard drive.

Note:

For a complete list of compatible“Returning a WD Drive” on page 135drives, visit
wd.com/mycloudmirror

Following are instructions for replacing a faulty drive or, if your WD My Cloud Mirror model
did not come with drives, for inserting drives.

Identifying a Faulty Hard Drive

If the LEDs on the unit are flashing or you have received an alert, a hard drive may be faulty.
To determine which drive is faulty, do the following:

1. On the dashboard’s navigation panel, click Storage and then Disk Status.

Important:

For best performance, WD recommends inserting WD Red

TM

hard drive

assemblies into the unit’s enclosure. Visit

support.wdc.com

and search the knowledge

base for Knowledge Base Answer ID 8 to get detailed instructions on obtaining a
replacement drive for this product.

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