USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 17:59 +0100 schrieb Nils Kassube via ubuntu-
users:
> On 23.02.25 Volker Wysk wrote:
> > So the drive isn't SMART enabled. Does this mean that it's really old?
> > Perhaps I should just scrap it... And see if the IO error also happens
> > in
> > the replacement disk.
> 
> Probably the disk is SMART enabled but SMART may not work with the USB
> enclosure. I have seen that in the past with a disk that sent SMART data
> while it was connected to the SATA port inside the computer. When I later
> moved it to a USB enclosure it no longer sent SMART data.

I'm wondering if it is always like this for USB enclosures. I'm about to buy
another external hard disk to replace the suspicious one...

Cheers,
Volker