Hard disk fails internally, works externally
by RandomTroll from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4WVDC)
The internal hard disk (a 2.5-inch SATA laptop drive) failed yesterday, even on repeated reboots running e2fsck. I installed a different disk internally and installed the 'bad' disk externally (with a USB adaptor). It works perfectly this way, passes 'e2fsck -f'; I copied everything to the newly-internal disk without a problem.
Is there a way this makes sense?
Is there a way this makes sense?