Resolved.

$20 and a drive to CC (closest to me is the one near Vaughan Mills) for the new enclosure solved the problem. All now looks as it should.

It was a bit of a zoo there, but obviously worth it. And the new enclosure doesn't need screws or tools, which is a bonus.

Thanks to all who helped.

As mentioned, the old case is available to anyone who wants it (and can pick it up at the next meeting).

- Evan

On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 at 08:35, Scott Sullivan <scott@revident.net> wrote:

Although I don't have recent testing experince, after the whole 2TB 'thing', the marketing became about the largest drives tested at time of release.

Someone else can look into this further but I think it was not handling Advanced Format Drives (4k sectors) that was the crux of limitation.

On December 30, 2019 8:13:57 a.m. EST, Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> wrote:

Hi Scott (and everyone else who replied),

As other on the thread have zero'ing in on, it is likely an issue with whatever USB/SATA adapter your using. This was a known limitation of early chipsets, and I recall the marketing shift to 'supports larger then 2TB!'.

Pretty sure that's it. As I look around at what's available, even finding one now that supports 10TB is not so easy, many top out at 8.
Since I can't yet put the drive in the chassis I have this enclosure on order which will be useful later anyway.
Thanks for the feedback.

Anyone want my existing enclosure? I can bring it to the next meeting. You all know its limitations, but can't beat the price,

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Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
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Scott Sullivan