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    Re: external harddrive detected occasionally

    Hi, open Disk Utility - palimpsest in a terminal - and check the health and SMART status of the drive. That will probably give a better idea of the hard drive becoming a paperweight. Post the results here if you are not sure what they mean.

    Thank you.

    Edit... Just realised you are using a USB drive. The SMART check might not be supported
    Last edited by westie457; July 24th, 2012 at 12:39 AM.

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    Re: external harddrive detected occasionally

    Thanks, you are right, SMART is not supported.
    ASRock ION3D 152D Intel Atom D525 (1.8GHz, dual-core) NVIDIA GT218-ION 1 x HDMI 2GB/320GB, Ubuntu Mate 18.04

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    Re: external harddrive detected occasionally

    looks to me like the drive was mounted when you ran the test. To zero out that drive it must not be mounted ... ie use a live cd....
    is this what you have tried ????
    one step at a time ... till resolution!

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    Re: external harddrive detected occasionally

    Hey ; Have ya thought it might be a cable problem ... Have you tried a different usb cable and see what haps ? /// I have seen similar issues on internal sata drives ... changing the port sometimes helped....
    kind regards

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