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

On Fri, 07 Apr 2023 04:40:26 +1000, Lynn McGuire <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> On 4/6/2023 2:32 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It is always the cables.

Bullshit. With the one of a mate of mine that I checked by
removing the physical drive from the housing, it was the
drive itself. It wouldnt spin up in the drive docking station.