I had an external hard-drive which got messed up. I then opened it and plugged the SATA-Hard-Drive directly into my computer. But after boot it is just showing my IDE-Hard-Drive on which the OS is. No secondary is shown.
sudo blkid -o list -w /dev/null
device fs_type label mount point UUID
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/dev/sda1 ntfs System-reserviert /media/System-reserviert FAE80411E803CB39
/dev/sda2 ntfs /media/4AF809FAF809E4D3 4AF809FAF809E4D3
/dev/sda5 ext4 / fb8c4c85-12dc-44ad-a1e3-3b9b0ceb278f
/dev/sda6 ext4 /home 7560f5da-cd21-4fca-9d87-b8921c058b87
/dev/sda7 swap <swap> e8a31868-91c2-4da5-8551-f7a9a8d4e536
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fdisk -l
Platte /dev/sda: 203.9 GByte, 203927027200 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 24792 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa252a252
Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 endet nicht an einer Zylindergrenze.
/dev/sda2 13 8414 67481600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 8415 24793 131560449 5 Erweiterte
/dev/sda5 8415 13278 39061504 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 13278 24219 87889920 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 24220 24793 4606976 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
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sudo lsusb
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 03f0:0805 Hewlett-Packard HP4470C
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 03f0:6204 Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 5150c
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 192f:0416 Avago Technologies, Pte.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I found some entries at the syslog which might be related:
[ 0.771747] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xd800 ctl 0xdc00 bmdma 0xe800 irq 19
[ 6.320028] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 10.820029] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 16.370030] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 20.390081] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 20.410139] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x80)
[ 30.940029] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 35.440032] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 40.990028] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 44.230062] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 44.250138] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x80)
[ 44.250143] ata3: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
[ 54.780030] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 59.280027] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 64.830029] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 68.250061] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
[ 68.270137] ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x80)
[ 78.800049] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 83.300049] ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)
[ 88.850030] ata3: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
[ 91.670060] ata3: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)
It is possible that not just the USB controller of the external shell got damaged, but also the drive itself.
But how do I make sure that the hard-drive is damaged, and therefore not showing itself in /dev?
Best Answer
As far as I can see all resources and tricks known to me are exhausted, therefore I consider my drive to be dead.
I am going to ask a professional though, if any new data is available I will edit them in. But currently "drive is dead" is the most fitting answer.