USB trouble with external hard disk

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, dem 23.02.2025 um 13:33 +0000 schrieb 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.

I don't have one available. Only my old laptop, but it has only USB 2. I
have two friends with a computer, but they only run Windows...

> 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.

Okay, done. The hard disk was filled, but no errors were detected.

> 3. Have you considered using fsck?

Yes, I've done that. But again no errors detected.

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

It's ext4.


Thanks,
Volker