It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ChiefSitsOnAssAllDay on 2025-01-15 06:36:24.

Bought a 6TB SATA Ultrastar DC HC310 on Amazon for $95. Great deal. However, right now it's a paperweight.

Here's the drive datasheet: https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/data-center-drives/ultrastar-dc-hc300-series/data-sheet-ultrastar-dc-hc310.pdf

I want to use the drive in a Fideco YPZ04-S2 hard drive docking station that's 12V/3A, but the drive doesn't initialize for offline cloning (or get recognized in Windows 11).

Fideco product page: https://fideco-it.com/product/fideco-2-53-5-sata-hard-drive-docking-ypz04s2/

I don't have a NAS and this drive will just be random storage like other external USB drives.

I don't have access to a PC, only laptop. This is a CMR drive and there is no 3.3 voltage issue (L is 2nd last letter in model #).

My goal is to use the Fideco dock to offline clone a 250GB NTFS drive to the Ultrastar DC HC310 so it can be recognized in Windows, then extend the volume to the 6TB.

My current troubleshooting leads are that the drive is in a format the Fideco dock can't read, therefore can't access, or there's not enough power in the power supply.

I may try a 12V/5A power supply next, as it supplies up to 60W, whereas the 12V/3A only supplies 35W.

Can anyone help?