External Hard Drive Testing
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How to test External Hard Drive Enclosures
- Have the Advanced Testing staff or key holder get you the following:
- External H.D. Testing Kit (hard drives with files on them).
- External Hard Drives.
- Power supplies.
- Match the power supplies 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 Tartis.)
- If you can not find the appropriate power supply in the box, look in network testing.
- Plug it in and see if it gets power. If not, try switching the power supply. If that doesn't work, through it in the recycling bin.
- Open H.D. enclosure and remove hard drive.
- Immediately give to a key holder to lock in up. (If there is no-one around then put it in the incoming hard drive box in Pre-build).
- Connect IDE ribbon cable or SATA cable to Advanced Testing Hard Drive and connect usb or firewire cable to system.
- If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive it is good.
- Fill out "Tested By" sticker and write whether it is SATA or IDE.
- Place it in the Store Box.
- If it does not show up, try mounting it in commandline.
- If it will not mount, through it in the recycle bin.
- If it mounts and you are able to open the files on the drive it is good.
Good work, now do it again!