Formatting external hard drive

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

Hi Wilbert,

When missing energy the "whizzing" looks like powering up and powering down
(acceleration and deceleration)... Sometimes is possible to listen to some
ticking, this means the HDD is out of power, and the needle is shocking to
the rest position...

Is this is really the case, a cable like this might solve your problem:
http://www.dx.com/p/ult-unite-ult-02156-usb-3-0-usb-2-0-male-to-micro-b-male-charging-connection-cable-black-261496?Utm_rid=98658701

But of course, the PCIe card is also an option. With the cable you won't
get the USB 3.0 speed, the second USB male connector is only for additional
current drain from your computer.

Hope this helps...


2015-11-05 20:22 GMT-02:00 Wilbert Heeringa <wjheeringa at gmail.com>:

> Hi Nio, hi Andre,
>
> Many thanks for your response which I really appreciate a lot.
>
> Each time I connect the hard drive, I hear the disk rotating for about 15
> seconds, then it stops and I hear only some whizzing. The drive is not
> listed in the file manager nor recognized in disk utilty, so I have no
> choice how to format it.
>
> Attached the output of dmesg, there it is recognized as a 'Very big
> device'  (line 1106).
>
> My PC has only UBS 2.0 connections, I consider to buy a USB 3 PCI
> Controller Card, such as the one here:
> http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/1211117/31-ports-USB-30-controller-card-PCIe-Renkforce
> Would this be a promising solution?
>
> Best,
> Wilbert
>
>
>
>
> 2015-11-02 22:09 GMT+01:00 Andre Campos Rodovalho <
> andre.rodovalho at gmail.com>:
>
>> *error fsyncing*/*closing*/dev/sdf: *input*/*output error*
>>
>> This Error makes me think you have a defective drive, or defective cable,
>> or is trying to use a USB3 drive on a USB2 port, that might not throw
>> enough energy...
>>
>> Try to read the system log and see if any other relevant error msg is
>> shown. You can use the command dmesg to do so.
>>
>>
>> 2015-11-02 17:53 GMT-02:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Den 2015-11-02 kl. 20:26, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:
>>> > Dear everybody,
>>> >
>>> > I'm trying to format an external harddrive (Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB)
>>> > with parted. When doing so, this results in an error message:
>>> >
>>> > /error fsyncing///closing//dev/sdf: /input///output error
>>> >
>>> > /
>>> > Both gparted anddisk utility did not work either, butparted was the
>>> only
>>> > program that gave a real error message.
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone have an idea how to proceed with this?
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> > Wilbert
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> Hi Wilbert,
>>>
>>> You need a GUID partition table, GPT (instead of the classical MSDOS
>>> partition table) to manage drives with more than 2 TB.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if USB 2 can manage more than 2 TB. I know USB 3 and eSATA
>>> can manage it.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
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