USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 07:30 -0500 schrieb gene heskett:
> 
> On 2/23/25 04:59, Liam Proven wrote:
> > On 22/02/2025 08:21, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > 
> > > And,
> > > is there a way to test the integrity of that harddisk?
> > 
> > SMART tests as step 1.
> > 
> > Also, try the disk in a different enclosure, or the enclosure with a 
> > different disk.

> Or if the cable is magenta colored, not red, but magenta and over 2 
> years old, try another, differently colored cable.  

The cable is, most likely, black. I can't see it for sure, because I suffer
from a red-green-insufficiency (My translation. It's "Rot-Grün-Schwäche" in
German).

> test by tailing the 
> log and touching the cable to flex it around bit. If the log explodes, 
> change the cable. 

Which log, exactly?

Cheers,
Volker