From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Jim wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   e-s won't allow your binary attachment.  You would have to upload that   
   to a site like https://imgbb.com/ and post your link into a msg.   
      
   > Anyway, I never could get it formatted and partitioned.  I rediscovered   
   > it yesterday while cleaning and organizing a closet.   
   >   
   I find a similarly numbered 8TB Ultrastar   
      
   HGST Ultrastar He8 | HUH728080ALE600 | 0F23267 | 8TB 7200 RPM 128MB   
   Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Inch | 512e | Instant Secure Erase | Helium   
   Platform Hard Disk Drive HDD   
      
   But yours is HUG. I can't find any of those.   
      
   Here's a WD spec sheet on their HGST He8:   
   https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_   
   s/assets/public/western-digital/product/data-center-drives/ultra   
   tar-sas-series/data-sheet-ultrastar-he8.pdf   
      
   ... but they name only HUH, not HUG drives.  They do mention that the H   
   is for helium and S would be for 'standard'.   
      
   >  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.   
   >   
   I found a lot of troubleshooting suggestions ranging from trying   
   multiple USB ports to commands.  The first thing is to figure out if the   
   drive is spinning or not by the feel.  There is concern that the USB may   
   not be delivering enough power, so there is also a suggestion about a   
   powered USB hub.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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