On Mi, 07 iul 21, 13:30:40, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I got a cheap SATA to USB external adaptor and used it to look at a 500Gb > [...] > > Might I think that there is something amiss with the USB/SATA adapter > > thing ? > > In my experience, USB<->SATA adapters are not super-reliable (cheap or > not), the main problem stemming from power delivery, so you might like > to retry it on other USB ports, the more power it can deliver > the better. > > [ Obviously, I presume that your adapter does not have its own power > source. ]
I've had occasional failures with a powered version, so that's no guarantee either. The error is indeed quite suspicious and I'd be weary of making any permanent changes to the drive, unless it's 100% reproducible with a known good connection (preferably pure SATA). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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