USB trouble with external hard disk

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Volker,

On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 07:23, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> Why can one faulty USB device cause the entire USB subsystem to freeze?
> And,
> is there a way to test the integrity of that harddisk?
>

Some ways to test the integrity of a drive:
1. Try the device on/in a different computer.
2. Install the package "f3" and use the command f3write to write a whole
load of test files to the device and f3read to verify their integrity.
3. Have you considered using fsck?

Also: I don't think you mentioned which filesystem your drive is formatted
to.

HTH,



Ian

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