Hi,
I guess the USB drive has a hardware problem but I hope to get an authoritative answer from You guys.
The drive is a 2 years old WD :
Sep 9 23:09:21 root kernel: 920.856782] usb 2-1.3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Sep 9 23:09:21 root kernel: 920.968303] usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0: Quirks match for vid 1058 pid 0704: 8000
Sep 9 23:09:21 root kernel: 920.968359] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.3:1.0
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 921.965938] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 3200BMV External 1.75 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 921.967516] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 921.968698] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 921.970449] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 922.014913] sdc: sdc1
Sep 9 23:09:22 root kernel: 922.022569] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
It has got one NTFS partition and I can see files and directories on the drive, I can copy files from the drive and to the drive with some success but I get errors like :
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320282] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320294] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320301] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320309] Info fld=0x0
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320313] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320320] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 87 f7 ff 00 00 f0 00
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.320335] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 59242495
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.337191] quiet_error: 20 callbacks suppressed
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.337196] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405304
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.354141] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405305
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371068] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405306
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371073] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405307
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371077] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405308
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371082] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405309
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371086] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405310
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371090] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405311
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371094] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405312
Sep 9 23:19:00 root kernel: 1499.371099] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7405313
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703314] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703321] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703329] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703337] Info fld=0x0
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703340] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703348] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 91 79 cf 00 00 f0 00
Sep 9 23:19:04 root kernel: 1502.703363] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 59865551
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182188] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182196] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182203] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182212] Info fld=0x0
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182215] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182223] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 91 fa d7 00 00 f0 00
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.182251] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 59898583
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.198406] quiet_error: 50 callbacks suppressed
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.198410] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487315
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.214666] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487316
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.230978] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487317
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.246315] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487318
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.260745] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487319
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.275139] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487320
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.275141] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487321
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.275143] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487322
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.275145] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487323
Sep 9 23:19:07 root kernel: 1506.275147] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487324
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467913] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467924] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467932] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467940] Info fld=0x0
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467943] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467951] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 92 00 d7 00 00 f0 00
Sep 9 23:19:10 root kernel: 1509.467981] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 59900119
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662195] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662201] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662206] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662212] Info fld=0x0
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662214] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: Unrecovered read error
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662221] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 03 92 06 d7 00 00 f0 00
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.662231] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 59901655
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.677981] quiet_error: 50 callbacks suppressed
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.677988] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487699
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693845] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487700
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693849] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487701
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693854] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487702
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693859] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487703
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693862] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487704
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693866] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487705
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693869] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487706
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693873] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487707
Sep 9 23:19:14 root kernel: 1512.693878] Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 7487708
I have tried to attach the drive with different USB cables, which work well with other devices, with the same result ( I get these errors regardless of the USB cable used).
Can I be 100% sure that the hardware of this USB drive is broken ?
If not what is the best method to check a hard drive’s hardware ?
Best regards,
Greg