External Hard Drive Testing - Revision history

Kevin.Williams at 22:51, 19 July 2014

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updates from Instrctrs mtg of Sep 27

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add Mount article reference

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 Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
 :* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:

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	Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:		Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
	:* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:		:* External H.D. Testing Kit, which contains:

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 :* Hard Drives (<u>formatted, partitioned, & with files on them</u>),
 :* Power Adapters.
 Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.)  Match volts & amps exactly whenever possible.

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 |width="25%" align="center"|STEPS
 |width="75%" align="center"|NOTES AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
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 | Open the enclosure and remove the donor's hard drive ||

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 * Remove the Advanced Testing Hard Drive.
 * Put the hardware in a baggie inside the enclosure (the buyer will be grateful).
-* Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write whether it is SATA or IDE.
+* Fill out "Tested By" sticker - write in blank space whether it is SATA or IDE.
-* Put the enclosure in the Store Box.
+* Put the enclosure in the Store Box *with its power adapter.*
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 | If it does not mount ||

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 Match the power adapters with the external hard drive enclosures by looking at the connector, voltage and amps.(There may be matched hard drive enclosures in marked box from the Tardis.)  Match volts & amps exactly whenever possible.
-'''Do <u>NOT</u> use a power adapter with less amps than the enclosure requires, you will get false a negative on the enclosure, either because it will not turn on at all, or because it will, but the drive will not be recognized.'''
+'''Do <u>NOT</u> use a power adapter with less amps than the enclosure requires, you will get a false negative on the enclosure, either because it will not turn on at all, or because it will, but the drive will not be recognized.'''
 '''NEVER, under ANY circumstances, connect a donor's hard drive to a computer.  Accessing donor data is a violation of FreeGeek's Data Security Policy.'''

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-* Try mounting it in command line if you know how. This [ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount Ubuntu article ] is a great place to get started.
+* Try mounting it in command line if you know how. This [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount Ubuntu reference] article is a great place to get started.
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 | If it still won't mount ||