USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

Hi

Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 10:34 +0000 schrieb 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.

The external hard disk drive has its own separate power supply. So I assume
this can't be the source of the error.

But thanks for the consideration.

Volker