On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 5:36 PM, SilverTip257 <silvertip257 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) <mhricher at nps.edu> wrote: > >> Generally it's better to connect the bare metal drive to an internal SATA >> connection to run smartctl. If the short test results are good, run. The >> long test. There are > > > Agreed, it is better to connect the drive to internal SATA ports to test. > > Maybe the power adapter/source for the external enclosure isn't supplying > enough power? +1. If you are running on USB power you might need to connect to a powered hub. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com