USB trouble with external hard disk

[David Fletcher]

On Sat, 2025-02-22 at 08:21 +0100, Volker Wysk wrote:
> Hi
> 
> What should I do about it? Should I scrap that hard disk? It's old,
> but I
> don't know how old exactly. I haven't had any problems with it
> previously.

Could it simply be lack of power from the USB socket on the PC? Have
you tried using a USB hard drive dock with its own separate power
supply? I have one of these which only gets used very occasionally but
it does work well.