Re: Dead external Seagate 5 TB portable HDD from 2020 (ordered at that year IIRC)?

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2023 22:01:41 +0000, [email protected] (Ant) wrote:
> 
>>It seems like my Seagate 5 TB portable backup HDD (Model:
> SRD0NF1; P/N: 2N1AP8-500; 2020; 3 partitions [encrypted APFS
> + exFAT + encrypted old HFS+(journal)) just died. My 4
> computers (2 MBPs (2012 Mojave & 2020's Big Sur) + 2 PCs
> [Linux/Debian bullseye and 64-bit Windows 10]) don't see the
> drive anymore. 
> 
> I would attempt to remove the drive from its enclosure so that I could
> test the drive by itself, just on the possibility that the problem lies
> with the enclosure rather than the drive.

That's certainly what I'd do. It could even just be the USB
connector on the drive if it's been yanked about a bit by the
cable.

I'd also check "lsusb -v" in Linux to confirm it really doesn't
see the drive anymore. If it's not detected at all then something
like a broken USB connector or interface board is quite possible,
but the latter might be part of the drive's own circuit board
depending on the model.

Oh and of course try another USB cable too.

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