No UUID on external 500G HDD and can't even see the 500G INTERNAL hdd

hapibeli · 01-05-2022, 12:42 PM

lsblk -iPo name,uuid
NAME="sda" UUID=""
NAME="sda1" UUID="01BC-8D32"
NAME="sda2" UUID=""
NAME="sda5" UUID="e07d1be5-3550-41c5-8f79-1ec3383d34c3"
NAME="sdb" UUID=""

lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /media/johanddirk/01BC-8D32
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 297.6G 0 part /run/timeshift/backup
sdb 8:16 0 465.8G 0 disk

michaelk · 01-05-2022, 02:59 PM

Per the output of gparted /dev/sdb does not contain any identifiable partition table nor partitions. Basically its empty.

Is this a new drive or one where you know there is data?

hapibeli · 01-05-2022, 04:13 PM

Thanks michaelk
Data is no more. It is an old external drive.

michaelk · 01-05-2022, 04:20 PM

As to the internal drive.

What type of drive? SATA, SCSI or maybe NVME?

Do you know it is functional? Is the channel enabled in the BIOS?

syg00 · 01-05-2022, 05:08 PM

Nothing looks out of the ordinary.

hapibeli · 01-05-2022, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michaelk

As to the internal drive.

What type of drive? SATA, SCSI or maybe NVME?

Do you know it is functional? Is the channel enabled in the BIOS?

It is an older SATAdrive. I realize that I had a power cable issue. I can now access and store on it. Still no access, or even being able to see the 2nd internal 500G hdd though.

michaelk · 01-05-2022, 06:47 PM

Are you sure the 2nd drive is working?
Check to make sure the 2nd internal drive is enabled in the BIOS/UEFI.

mrmazda · 01-05-2022, 07:47 PM

Not able to see or access using what? If it has no valid partition table there's a limit to what can "see" it, e.g. fdisk, dmesg, hdparm, smartctl, etc., and not file managers or mount. If the former group can't find it, you have a power or cabling or BIOS problem, or a failed HDD.