On Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:24:45 +0000, D-LUG wrote: > I discovered that the drive in the USB caddy had read errors.
On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:59:09 +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Also, caddy interfaces can be flaky compared to having the drive > installed properly. I own a particularly cheap and flaky USB-to-SATA drive enclosure that causes disk read/write errors. I think it also damaged one of my disks once, but that could have been coincidence. I stopped using it, but I should have known it was no good when I saw that it required a USB Type A to Type A cable (supplied in box). I don't know how prevalent this sort of failure is, but it taught me never to fully trust a USB-to-SATA interface when troubleshooting disk problems. Patrick -- Next meeting: BEC, Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2019-12-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
