There are times when we really need to reset a network storage device from Western Digital for many reasons and this is how you are going to do it.
Access the storage device on the network via http. In my case the IP address assigned on the network via DHCP is http://192.168.11.135
From there navigate to Settings/Utilities
Under Factory Restore you have the option to do a Quick Factory Restore or Full Factory Restore.
The difference between the two option is that for Quick Factory Restore you still have the option to recover back the data while Full Factory Restore will totally erase the data on the HDD thus it can no longer be recovered.
In my case I have selected Quick Factory Restore then click on the Start button.
This will start the restore process.
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