HDD not shown in fdisk nor gparted

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Hi !
I’m doing some cleanup and have found an old Seagate HDD that won’t show up in fdisk nor gparted.
I can see it in the disks gui (screenshot) but i can’t interact with it.

# fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/sda: 223,57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
    Disk model: KINGSTON SA400S3
    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disklabel type: dos
    Disk identifier: 0x81032ea2
    
    Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
    /dev/sda1  *         2048 450402085 450400038 214,8G 83 Linux
    /dev/sda2       450402086 468857024  18454939   8,8G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 1,82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
    Disk model: ST2000DM001-1ER1
    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Disklabel type: gpt
    Disk identifier: 91D9BEFD-B9FF-4964-9173-262956BF5D63
    
    Device     Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
    /dev/sdb1   2048 3907028991 3907026944  1,8T Microsoft basic data

$ lsusb

    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0c45:652f Microdia Backlit Gaming Keyboard
    Bus 003 Device 005: ID 1d57:ad17 Xenta 
    Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB 1.1 Hub
    Bus 003 Device 002: ID 5986:0299 Acer, Inc Lenovo Integrated Webcam
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 002 Device 005: ID 152d:1561 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS561U two ports SATA 6Gb/s bridge
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

dmesg leads me to believe that this is an hardware error

# dmesg

    [ 1859.528226] usb 2-4: new SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
    [ 1859.552807] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=1561, bcdDevice= 2.04
    [ 1859.552810] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
    [ 1859.552811] usb 2-4: Product: SABRENT
    [ 1859.552812] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: SABRENT
    [ 1859.552813] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: DB9876543214E
    [ 1859.577300] scsi host10: uas
    [ 1859.577921] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SABRENT                   0204 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
    [ 1865.518639] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Unit Not Ready
    [ 1865.518641] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.518643] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.519501] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(16) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
    [ 1865.519502] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.519503] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.520394] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
    [ 1865.520395] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.520396] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.520952] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 0 512-byte logical blocks: (0 B/0 B)
    [ 1865.520953] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] 0-byte physical blocks
    [ 1865.521808] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
    [ 1865.522109] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Asking for cache data failed
    [ 1865.522110] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
    [ 1865.523003] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Optimal transfer size 33553920 bytes not a multiple of physical block size (0 bytes)
    [ 1865.535383] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Unit Not Ready
    [ 1865.535387] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.535390] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.536269] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(16) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
    [ 1865.536271] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.536274] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.537164] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Read Capacity(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
    [ 1865.537166] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Hardware Error [current] 
    [ 1865.537169] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] ASC=0x44 <<vendor>>ASCQ=0x81 
    [ 1865.539770] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk

Do you guys have any idea of something I could try to fix this, or have I gained a paperweight ?

Best,

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I think your SABRENT sata to usb 3.0 adapter is not able to power the external disk. If you have another adapter or other way to provide power to the disk it could still be possible to access the disk.

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That looks very plausible to me @Wollie, thanks ! I’ll be able to get my hand on one powered sata to usb adapter next week i’ll check if that fixes it.

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