From: jcm_spectrum@spectrum.net   
      
   Quite a few years I purchased a white label HDD from an eBay seller.   
      
   It was an HGST 8TB (model HUG728080ALN600 -- guessing) manufactured in   
   June, 2017.  If the attachment to this post worked out, it is a flatbed   
   scan of the label.   
      
   Anyway, I never could get it formatted and partitioned.  I rediscovered   
   it yesterday while cleaning and organizing a closet.   
      
    From what I recall, this drive was "built for video surveillance and   
   could not be used for a computer".  That statement never made sense to   
   me and I've never had similar problems with other hard drives.   
      
   When I plugged it into my SATA-->USB caddy, just now, LM didn't   
   recognize it.  I ran GParted, just in case it did something different.   
   No joy.   
      
   FWIW, my desktop is running LM 21.3 Cinnamon.   
      
   Before I toss the HDD, I thought I'd ask for either a better explanation   
   as to why I'll never get it to work, or for the proper steps to take to   
   make it work.   
      
   Thanks, jim.   
      
   P.S.  My post failed (probably because of the attachment).  Someone   
   please remind me where to put pictures and how to link to to them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)