I actually find it's often the enclosure. I have one external 2.5" that beeps and fails to mount on all but 1 usb port on my laptop. Absolutely a power issue - even though I have tried some of those dual power usb cables.
It's actually why I'm partial to buying the drive and enclosure separate. That and you don't get the stupid 1 yr warranty of the case, but 3-5 years of the drive. If you look carefully you'll notice identical drives sold in cases and alone don't get the same warranty. Enjoy, Alex On 06/19/2014 04:57 PM, George Mulak wrote: > Thank you Nathan, > > It is also true that sometimes the enclosure electronics go bad. I just > replaced the enclosure on one drive that was doing the same thing and--walah! > It worked fine. > > George Mulak > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan Haines > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice > > On 06/17/2014 12:00 AM, Grant Bowman wrote: >> My new friend who is trying Ubuntu with a disk from Lyz (thanks Lyz) >> just sent me an email. An external hard drive Seagate (1TB, model #: >> srd0sp0, newegg carries them for $79) with USB interface is not >> mounting automatically. When plugged into the MacBook Pro computer a >> slight clicking sound is heard, then it gets quiet and the light starts >> blinking. > > Try this drive on a desktop computer. Sometimes laptops don't provide enough > power for 2.5" external USB hard drives. I know this is silly but it's true. > This is a differential diagnostic step. > > Otherwise, it's probably toast. > > When I worked there, Western Digital had the lowest failure rate in the > industry. As I occasionally said to customers when I was doing support, > "It's not that our competitors make bad drives, it's just that ours are > better." So I can definitely recommend WD drives, but the real moral of the > story is that you should always have three copies (the original and two > backups) of any critical file. > > Regards, > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
