From: alan@invalid.com
On 9/29/25 3:45 PM, pinnerite wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:10:37 -0500
> Jim wrote:
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>> https://ibb.co/CKLqcJHc
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>> On 9/27/25 12:16, Jim wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>
>
> I have taken to using Dropbox for several months.
> For light use it is free. It comes up on Synaptic.
> You upload your pictures to DB and then create link which you publish to
whom you want.
>
> HTH
>
> Alan
Dropbox shows in synaptic. I thought synaptic was just for installing
software?
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