USB trouble with external hard disk

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Volker,

On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 at 16:22, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:

> I get this:
>
> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
> Vendor:               WD
> Product:              Elements 107C
> Revision:             1065
> Compliance:           SPC-4
> User Capacity:        4.000.752.599.040 bytes [4,00 TB]
> Logical block size:   4096 bytes
> Rotation Rate:        5400 rpm
> Form Factor:          3.5 inches
> Serial number:        WCC4E0XSN4C1
> Device type:          disk
> Local Time is:        Sun Feb 23 17:15:10 2025 CET
> SMART support is:     Unavailable - device lacks SMART capability.
>

Does the Western Digital Elements 107C make a ticking noise? If so, the
drive is dead.

I bought a WD Elements drive and it failed. Another friend bought one -
that failed also. Personally I avoid those drives.

HTH,


Ian

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