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SSD Drive Problem (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by floppingfish@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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I have a new WD Blue 1TB ssd hard drive that doesn't want to get formatted or mounted. When I attach the drive via USB I get an error message of:

Unable to Mount 1.0 Tb volume
An operation is already pending

Eventually I get:

Unable to Mount 1.0 Tb volume
timeout was reached

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T570 running Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base. "GParted" and "Disks" don't see the drive. Is there something I can do to access the disc or is it toast?

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[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I/O errors, nice. What kind of disk is this? Removable USB case? Fixed one? Are you able to test the disk in another case or directly plugged into a mainboard?

[–] floppingfish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

WD Blue SSD drive in a removable case. I'll try it another machine.

Same issue on a different machine :-(

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As @catloaf@lemm.ee suggested, try plugging it in directly on an internal port, not via USB. Then you figure out whether the USB converter is faulty or the SSD itself is broken.