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Recovering data from Western Digital's My Book World Edition II (blue ring)

Asked by: scrpl

Hi,

I have the WD My Book World Edition II (blue ring) NAS, 2 500g hdd included. Yesterday, when I turned it on, it was unable to power up. It is configured as a mirror raid.

I removed both hdd and connected them to my computer, the hdd are recognised but the data isnt as it is a Linux file system.

I followed the instructions located here: http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-90514/how-to-recover-data-from-wd-my-book-world-edition-nas-device

unfortunately was stuck at $ sudo modprobe md. Terminal returned md module not found.

Is there any detailed instructions as to how to recover the data on them? It would really be a pity cos both hdds are functional. I am not linux savvy and know no one that is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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2009-09-06 at 21:59:36ID24711836
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by: noxchoPosted on 2009-09-07 at 02:01:34ID: 25273606

Can you download and boot the PC from Parted Magic ISO image while your WD drive is connected?
Download it from here: http://partedmagic.com/download.html
Boot from it and mount your Linux drive. Try to copy data from it.

 

by: SimplyRickPosted on 2009-09-07 at 02:13:56ID: 25273658

Assuming this is just a problem with your enclosure and not the drives themselves and given you aren't Linux savvy, how about you do this in Windows instead?

Windows file system drivers like ext2fsd and ext2ifs (Yes, both also handle ext3) allow Windows to load ext3 file systems (the default file system for Linux).
http://www.fs-driver.org/
http://www.ext2fsd.com/

If you notice any other strange issues, it may also be prudent to hook up each drive individually and run a manufacturer's drive diagnostic on them. The UBCD is a good tool for this, but you can also run WD's Windows-based and non-Windows based bootable disk diagnostic tools. http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?lang=en

You may already know this, but just in case.. since you had a mirrored RAID (RAID 1), each drive should work fine as a stand-alone unit without having to import into a RAID array. So don't worry about that, in case you were wondering.

 

by: veedarPosted on 2009-09-08 at 18:40:35ID: 25287667

Try and type the command like so without the quotes:  "sudo  modprobe  md"

 

by: scrplPosted on 2009-09-08 at 18:59:14ID: 25287746

Noxcho: tried that, it didnt work

SimplyRick: tried the software from www.fs-driver.org. and some other linux file system software that works on windows. they all could view the disk but not data. perhaps the hdds are actually damaged after all.

Veedar: that was the command I tried, it returned a fault stating md was not installed.

 

by: stangaliPosted on 2009-10-02 at 12:53:32ID: 25481447

how about this procedure;

download and install Test Disk 6.11 for 'windws' and execute the program.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_6.11_Release

NOTE: there are other flavors for target OS; ie.. dos, linux, mac...

Then do the following:
1. Create new log file
2. Select drive (WDC WD.....)
3. View it with a Intel partition table type
4. Select Analyze
5. Select the Quick Search at the bottom
6. Yes or no to Vista question
7. Select the Linux partition with the largest sectors (but does not have something like "md4" or something like that.
8. Type the letter "p" to list files
9. You should now see all of the folders and files that were in that partition.
10. select each file or folder and type the letter "c" for copy
11. The program will ask you if you want to copy the file or folder to the folder you have the Test Drive program in....type "Y"
12. Confirm the folder or file has been copied.

found the above solution at http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?p=4952

Hope that helps

 

by: scrplPosted on 2009-10-08 at 17:45:09ID: 31625590

Unfortunately i did not manage to solve the problem with the solutions given.

However, thanks for the help :)

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