[Wolves] trying to rescue external hard drive(my sister bf 3tb drive)

John Green illskills1982 at gmail.com
Mon May 23 12:17:04 UTC 2016


Remove the disk from the caddy and try see if you can browse the files like
a normal hd.
On 22 May 2016 16:09, "Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via Wolves" <
wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> i have plugged into sister bf laptop and it here now i will try the
> watch command , my sister said she tried to format it on her linux
> desktop and it got half threw and stopped no more information then
> that. She decide to let the expert look it at now. There is no power
> supply it all comes off the usb port.
>
> I do not have a power hub to test it out with i would guess it have to
> be usb 3 at least.
>
> i am keeping the hard drive so i have more time now.
>
> i will take over to my friend robert who is a wizard at this hardware
> stuff on linux..
>
> there more info on pastebin - http://pastebin.com/DEjck36H and new one
> on fancy fast laptop - http://pastebin.com/bLHdYwr7 - this morning i
> did not know i had the fancy laptop here or would have started there
> first with a live usb stick (its running linux mint 17 32bit off a 2gb
> usb pen the toshiba sat c50)
>
>
>
> On 22 May 2016 at 15:24, Claire Robinson via Wolves
> <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 22/05/16 12:58, Mark Croft Redditch Linux Mint via Wolves wrote:
> >> i am guessing having probs cos my laptop has not got usb 3 on it i am
> >> too poor to afford anything that fancy.
> >>
> >> external hard drive usb 3 - segate backup plus - pn 1k9apv-500 4tb.the
> >> light comes on and in link is the stuff from dmesg.
> >>
> >>
> >> http://pastebin.com/DEjck36H
> >>
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> > I would say possibly not enough power is being supplied by your usb
> > port. Use the power adapter, if it has one or a powered usb hub.
> > Possibly just a dirty connection. Possibly it's been bounced or just
> > dead. Possibly a mix of gpt & non-gpt disks in the system causing
> > problems, but it does seem like a USB issue.
> >
> > Does the disk itself seem to start/stop/start/stop?
> >
> > You can watch dmesg output as you wiggle things.
> >
> > $ watch "dmesg | tail -n 20"
> >
> > Failing all else, perhaps use a live dvd/usb and plug it into their
> > computer instead.
> >
> > Good luck!
> > Claire
> >
> >
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