USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

device lacks SMART capability.Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 16:27 +0000
schrieb 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.

No, I don't notice any.

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

I have two other external WD drives ("My Book"s), with no complaints so far.

But now I've applied "smartctl -i" on one of them, with the same result:
"device lacks SMART capability". 

Looks like Nils Kassube is right (see other message).


Cheers,
Volker