I ended up buying the separate enclosure because once I completed my ComTIA A+ class I had no use for the HDD and its special case used for schools towers so I opted for external enclosure and used it as an external HDD...and is been 6+ years and my Seagate HDD works flawlessly.
Luis R. Caballero On Jun 19, 2014 6:06 PM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
