Hi, I am planning to purchase a 2.5-inch HDD. If I connect it to my computer using a SATA to USB adapter instead of directly to the computer’s SATA, can it somehow affect the result of this scan?

I apologize for my ignorance but I couldn’t find an answer to this question anywhere

  • bruhbeans@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Well, as I’m coming in here, I see two “no’s,” a “maybe” and I came to say “absolutely fucking yes” because I’ve lost hours to a couple cheap shitty usb-sata cables that did all kinds of weird stupid shit that immediately disappeared after I replaced the cables. So, “maybe” but “absolutely fucking yes.”

    • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Did you get bad sectors? Weird things can absolutely happen but having sectors marked as bad is on the exceptional side of weird.