The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/srizvi1 on 2025-01-26 23:43:27.
Just wanted to share my experience with the SABRENT 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0 Free External Hard Drive Enclosure with the Samsung 8TB QVO 870 SSD. I'm not sure what's going on but I can't get the SSD to work properly with this enclosure. The good news is I am able to get it working with my other enclosure, a UGREEN USB C 3.1 Gen 2. That one I've been using with my Ugreen enclosure. But I still thought I'd share my experience - here's the play by play:
First - a pic of everything - my Windows Samsung PC, the new 8TB SSD, the Sabrent enclosure, the new Ugreen USB-C to USB-A cable, and my Ugeen Enclosure w/ my older EVO 870 4TB SSD inside.
Not pictured is me trying to get the Sabrent initialized using the Ugreen USB-C to USB-A cable, but my MacBook Pro M2 wouldn't read it. It was when I connected a USB-A adapter to the machine and used the OEM Sabrent cable that the computer read it:
However, here's the Disk Utility not being able to initialize it:
Samsung 870 QVO SSD wouldn't initialize in Sabrent USB 3.0 Enclosure.jpg
And here's First Aid failing too:
Samsung 870 QVO SSD first aid wouldn't run in Sabrent USB 3.0 Enclosure
And then when I pull the 870 QVO and put it in my older Ugreen enclosure (which normally houses my EVO 870 4TB SSD), then I can initialize fine:
Samsung SSD 870 QVO 8TB intializing fine in Ugreen enclosure
So my plan now is to return the Sabrent and go with the UGreen. I'd like to try a different, newer enclosure just so I don't have the same exact enclosures and can easily tell the difference. But if this doesn't work, then I'll go with the older Ugreen enclosure.
Hope this helps someone!
Last question, before I use the new 870 QVO 8TB SSD, should I do any sort of firmware update? I thought Samsung Magician would do that but I can't get this application working properly with neither my M2 MacBook Pro nor my Samsung Windows PC. I guess I could maybe try to download the ISO files from the site and try to install with the Windows PC but I was hoping Samsung Magician could handle it (if needed)
