On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 04:00:56PM -0700, Colin Williams wrote: > I've tried two cables and using two different computers to access my > WD Portable 5.0 TB portable game drive that has a USB interface. Dmesg > seems ok with line > > `[ 4586.948425] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through` > > However when I try to access the device via smartctl / cfdisk / etc to > get more information, I get something like no such device and then > dmesg is populated with errors. What if you don't try to use smartctl or cfdisk? What happens if you just try to mount the disk normally? > Does anyone have experience with these scenarios? > > Are there any suggestions to recover my data or does it appear the > device has given up the ghost? If you want to get more information about what's going on, you should collect a usbmon or Wireshark trace showing what happens when the drive is plugged in and accessed. Alan Stern
